My mother was a professional seamstress. She taught me to sew at the age of about 10. When she passed away, there was a quilt top amoungst her possessions that she and my dad had pieced together in 1936 (he cut the pieces while she sewed them together by hand). It is an enormous STARBURST pattern with 1930's fabrics. I thought it would be sooooo neat to have their daughter finish the quilt some 70+ years later. I took a quilting class, have made about 12 quilts, practiced hand quilting on all of them but one, and am almost good enough to tackle the project. I have 2 current quilts that need to be finished, then I am going to start on mom's. Wish me good tidings. It will take about 3 to 6 months to finish the now projects (one is quite intricate to be done by hand). I fully expect mom's quilt to take about a year to finish. Thanks for letting me ramble and remember my mother at this particular time of year.