Originally Posted by
QuiltE
So why not do it on your charity quilts ... yes meandering is faster, but the more you practice the fancier styles, the more accomplished you can become .............. and quicker too!
Because on my quilts a 12" square can take me 8 hours; that is my entire weekend of quilting.
Charity quilts tend to be 48-60" squares. Even assuming I quilt less densely (because dense fillers are not good on lap quilts) I'm not spending 20+ hours on a charity quilt. I try to quilt 10+ a month for my guild (about 30 minutes to 1 hour each): too few people even offer to quilt them. If I took 3 months a quilt, we'd never get any donated. Nor would I have any time at all to work on my own quilts.