I began two years ago when my daughter told me she wanted me to make her one for Christmas. I had two weeks to get it made and made one for her, my other three kids, and almost finished a king size one for a friend plus made one for my bed for Christmas, then I got busy for the rest of the winter and finished about eight more. It was one thing to sew clothing and be done with a piece in a day, but I had to do a quilt in a day to be able to get home with everything before Christmas as I teach and live in SD then then travel to MO for Christmas.