Wow, I have always wondered how anybody could make 30 or 50 quilts in a year. This has been a really informative discussion. I'm so slow, that I am happy to finish one in a year. I'm not very good with a machine, so although I piece on my machine, I hand quilt and that takes a lot of time, but that's OK. I enjoy it. My goal is to live long enough to quilt one quilt for each of my kids and grand kids. I am just now quilting on my fourth quilt, so at 64 yrs. old, not sure I'm going to make it. I would love to do charity quilts and really admire those of you who give of your time and talents to that end. I saw on you tube a video of quilts made on a Serger, and I hope to try that method soon to make a charity quilt. I have never used my Serger, but that will be another skill to master. I think the quilts are supposed to be able to be finished in about 8 hours. That would be incredible. I could crank out a good number of them if that is the case. Will have to wait and see. Work gets in the way of all my fun.