It might be the times we're living in, always pressed for time so you put your foot to the sewing machine metal pedal. A coworker heard me talking about finishing up a quilt top and asked, isn't making one quilt in a lifetime enough? She was absolutely right but obviously not a quilter! Probably a good majority of us are a making our quilts as gifts for special people and special occasions and as you see the pattern and colors coming together, you get into eager to see the whole top done. Slowing down to smell the roses isn't always easy when you are in that groove.