obviously, a machine would be faster

the baron is convinced that the use of a sewing machine would have significantly affected her quilting in a positive way: the machine is faster and, unlike our baron, can make straight stitch lines.

but.

the machine isn't really an option for the baron. she's not very talented with her sewing machine, plus the needle is broken. plus, the quilt is REALLY thick and probably wouldn't have fit into, onto, or on the machine anyway. plus, being an unsophisticated hack seamstress, she's always done sewing by hand.

so.

see her hacky handiwork below. in the first photo, the baron is showing you, reader, the front and back of her quilt: the fabric in the foreground (the small squares) is one side of the quilt; the larger squares are the other side of the quilt, and the middle batting is just peaking through at the edges. the second photo, the baron thinks, is an example of ACTUAL QUILTING.