Thank you Bear and Dunster. You both have made me feel like this was the right decision for this particular top. The piecer is very experienced but is having significant medical issues with her DH. Sewing is her sanity right now. This particular top is almost like a diary of a month--the blocks are mostly acceptable or at least fudgeable, but the sashing is all over the place--cut too wide or uneven, seams all over the place...the borders looked like they were applied and then cut--that's why one side was 2 inches longer.
I have one other piecer in our group, that I will ALWAYS go above and beyond to 'help'. She was one of the first to welcome me into the group, and is one of our 'more' senior members. She shakes very badly altho she does not have Parkinson's, but she is suffering from stage 2 Maccular (sp?) Degeneration. Her fabric choices, applique and colour sense is extrordinary, I am actually honoured when she shows one of her tops at a meeting and then tells them to give it to me to quilt. It usually takes a day of resewing to 'make things right'.