I've never made one myself however I rescued a barely quilted one as well as a barely quilted top from a thrift store. I had no idea what the long skinny thing was until I came here and saw someone post that they had made one. Too bad it is not my colors at all - it's pink based - not one of my colors that's for sure. I will probably finish it and send it to my mother to put on one of the beds in her island house maybe. We'll see....... for now, it is in the ufo corner..