I love to piece a quilt. I dread putting the backing, batting and quilt top together. Only cause I don't have anywhere big enough to do it. I just can't get down on the floor anymore. I ruined my knees and back riding horses all my life but it was fun..lol Anyway....I have 3 quilts ready to be sandwiched. Am nervous contemplating the quilting too but the one quilt am going to make it a learning process and try to machine quilt it. The second one am going to hand quilt and the largest quilt am sending it off to be done. Hopefully one day the quilting part of this will be as enjoyable for me. Have you tried hand quilting? I never thought i would like it but tried it this past summer because my sewing group was making a quilt to raffle off and I felt I needed to do my part. Some of the ladies taught me and I found I really enjoy hand quilting! If I want a quilt done quickly I send it to my LAQ. You put alot of time into the baby quilt so let someone finish it for you and give it to the baby. You will be glad you did and then start another quilt...lol :)