Thimble, If it makes you feel any better, I started my baby Jane in 1997 & finished the top last year about this time. I am hand-quilting it - er, will be when it gets colder & my "Affairs of the Heart" quilt is finished. After the AOTH quilt, I must make a quilt for a large wall in DH's office in the prison. It's going to be machine pieced, so I will have the evenings to quilt & the weekends to sew.