Oh my gosh, I am so glad to see this post. I hand quilted my GS's "Out in the universe"quilt with all different sizes of circles to mimic the planets. It was to big to do on my machine and sending it out was not an option, but I am not a pretty stitches hand quilter. Tried many times, can't do it. So the stitches were about 4 to an inch and as even as I could manage. It looks pretty good and I know he will love it but I had this sneaky little guilt feeling that they weren't 8 or 12 to the inch. Hooray for big stitch quilting. Now I can feel better about picking up that needle and playing some more. You guys are the best.