Borders are tempting but you really need to stitch from the center out on a sewing machine. I quilt 1/4 of a big quilt at a time and turn it to the next 1/4 and so on. I do the borders last because quilting the body of the quilt can pull up fabric. You would need to call and ask a long armers if she wants to touch it. Most long armers load the top and backing separately to quilt.