I have always completed quilting and never started the next quilt until the last stitch was done on the binding, and I hand quilt! However, a few years ago when preparing to move back to the US from overseas, I made a few quilt tops, one after the other, thinking I probably wouldn't have a machine for a while once in the US so I would have plenty hand quilting to do( my old machine was 220 volts), but I did get a new one and was so excited to have access to fabric shops (which I didn't overseas where I lived), I quickly started on new ones. I felt guilty just letting the other tops sit (most were queen size), so sent them to a LA from this board. Now, I am tempted to send her most of my tops, she did such a fantastic job. However, currently, I am into making purses and totes, so my quilts have been on the back burner for a year!