My first and nearly only quilt took me 7 years to complete. It is a queen sized lone star that I made from a book I purchased at a fabric shop. It is machine pieced and hand quilted and bound. I had no idea what I was starting in 1992, but finished it in 1999 after learning how to hand quilt by trial and (many) errors. It is on the queen bed in our guest room and I love it. I took the plunge again last October and am quilting again.