My mother was a county fair prize winning hand quilter. We used to give her a hard time because she carried her "quilt brag book" over her grandchild brag book. She has 21 grandkids and 8 great grandkinds!) I did not get into quilting until several years ago because I could not quilt as good as she did. But I loved it and with practice I have gotten much better. Now my mother is no longer with us and I miss her so . I wish she were here to compare our finished products and go to more quilt shows together. She was an insparation to her granddaughters to. Several of them are now heavy into quilting. We love getting together and comparing our creations. She would have loved the red in your quilt. Beautiful.