Ooo, Peckish didn't like my comments. My thinking is in the next sentence in my statement recommending hand quilitng. Since it was hand pieced, it deserved to be hand quilted--a thing of the era of the fabrics and colors of the quilt. Being consistent in the project. The one who hand pieced the quilt didn't have the lovely machines of today either! We weren't told if it was donated to the bazaar by the one who put it together so perhaps it is no importance to anyone how it is actually finished. Of course, machine quilting will be a lot quicker and perhaps will be more satisfactory with it being offered at a bazaar. If I were to be my quilt, I'd prefer it be finished consistent with the era it was made--hand pieced/hand quilted.