TY. no, a year, isn't all that long. and I pretty much took the summer off to garden and can. about nov lst, I think I had 25 blocks to go, so got busy, and just worked along on it. ladies don't be bashful about starting this. yahoo had a group who was giving out PP patterns. I joined that. along with purchasing the book. 'one block' at a time was my motto. and I am retired, so I used to tell myself 'l a day' at least. I stopped my bonnie hunter's celtic solstice quilt to sew the sashings. and I decided to do it with the brown, to 'just get done'. PP is so easy and so accurate, it is a great method for beginners.