Get started as soon as you can and set yourself goals. How much can you do in a week? A month? Believe me...getting it done and put together is just HALF of it...getting some one to quilt it is the other half. I had the quilter do the binding too because it was scalloped. My double wedding ring pattern was old and everyone in my guild kept telling me I couldn't do it....which only fueled my fire TO do it! I did it in 2 complimentary shades of blue and tiny multi-colored flowers with off-white muslin as the backing and it could NOT have turned out more beautiful. My niece loved, loved, loved it and so did her friends who also wanted one. I said uh-huh! Only blood-kin gets one of those! :0) Good luck to ya...you can do it!