Originally Posted by dunster

Don't feel guilted into hand quilting them. I would be honest with her, telling her that while you truly admire hand quilting, you have a different passion, which is machine quilting. Ask her if you would like for you to return the blocks so that she can give them to someone who will hand quilt them as she desires. Tell her that you would be honored to quilt them with your machine, and that you believe that you can make a wonderful heirloom quality quilt from them with that machine, but you will understand if she wants them back. What else can you do?