galinva, i quilted it by hand. l strand of upholstry thread, cause i wanted it to show. wore out needles like you would not believe. popped the knots into the batting starting and stopping. hadn't done any hand quilting for 8 yrs or so. but decided that is what jane needed, and i did not want to QAYG and have to deal with little pieces of batting meeting up. been there, done that before. I started out using 'straw or milliners needles'. and they were just too thin.