Originally Posted by sewbizgirl

I wonder where they come up with these outrageous values... and 300 hours? Really? Maybe if made entirely without a sewing machine it might take that long, but otherwise, no way.

Originally Posted by feline fanatic

Mennonite, are a less strict sect of Amish so they are quilting by hand. They do beautiful work too.

I once kept track of how many hours I had in a king size hand quilted quilt. I stopped keeping track when it got over 300 hours. I suspect it took me close to 400.

Edited to add, an intensely machine quilted quilt could easily have 100 or more hours in it. I know I have done long armed jobs that had at least 80 hours into it. And an intricately pieced quilt even done by machine could also easily have over 100 hours into it from cutting to final border.