I have had some quilts that took me 8 months to finish because I was embroidering them and then quilting them. I also work full time. My double freedom star also took me nearly 8 months without any embroidering because of the amount of work involved and just how much time a person has to quilt. Don't be discouraged... everybody works at different rates and has different amounts of time to work on their quilts. Some people in my sewing group thought I was quick - I wasn't, I may have had more time to work on them than they did - that's all.