My first quilt is still in the works 7 years later. I took a class to make a sampler and decided to hand quilt it. Then learned how much faster it is to let someone else quilt it (who knows what they are doing) and since have learned so much I'm now starting to machine quilt my own. I'm almost finished the hand quilting and look forward to being able to use it. Quilting is a sisterhood and we learn so much from each other!