I congratulate anybody who can make a quilt in a day. I have come to the conclusion that Eleanor Burns is talking about sewing together the quilt top, which does not include cutting and quilting. I am also reasonably new at this, and I came to understand when someone says I finished a quilt, they usually mean the top. Also, there are times I need to remind myself, when I run into a speed demon quilter, that quilting is not a speed contest. I don't get a reward if I knock out one quilt in 35 hours or 40 hours or 50 hours. What matters is that I finish it from cutting to binding before I start another one and do it at my pace.