Thanks to everyone who responded. Some very good suggestions and things that I should think about.
My situation is that I am a 'lone wolf' no longer a member of a quilt group as there are so few in my area and of those, they either meet when I am at the day job or are closed to new members.
The tops were delivered to me by a neighbouring regional coordinator who collects them from groups but also from local/regional craft shops and fabric shops that have groups or are drop off points for fellow 'lone wolves'.
Of the 20 (lap size and above) I have done since Christmas, one had a design that was ok but the fabric awful, seams jammed my HQSwt 16 and that is saying something. I suspect it was lightweight home furnishing fabric.
But Quilt 20, which I saved for last was a beautiful mariner's compass surrounded by a circle of flying geese then with a tooth/compass point border and then another border. AND the piecer used batiks! Gorgeous. I think it was the centre for a much larger quilt but never finished. This quilt was custom quilted and I used double batting. Wish I could keep it.
Will start piecing my own tops for awhile, gots lots of fabric to get through, and before lockdown I bought a large roll of batting - just hope my thread supply holds out!
Thanks again, everyone
Stay safe.