I just finished quilting my very first "real" quilt. I started it in November 2009... It's a crib size D9P and I FMQ dog bones on the narrow sides and hand quilted the small squares. All total (not counting the 8 months I didn't work on it at all) I guess it took me about 30 hrs. to piece and quilt. I could only work a couple of hours at a time on the FMQ because of shoulder fatigue and the hand quilting, I could do 2 squares in about 15 mins. Yesterday, was a perfect quilting day because of the cold and blizzard and I finished all but six square "couples" and this morning, I finished the "single" squares on the edges. It's ready for binding and then I'll deliver it to the precious baby who will be 1 year old this month...
I really need to work on my speed.. ha ha...
I have a King size sampler I started in 1992, sandwiched in 2006 and only have the center of the log cabin hand quilted... that's going to take a really long time to finish... it keeps getting pushed to the back burner...