I keep a log of all my projects and some notes on events happening. It took me three years to hand dye, piece, applique and hand quilt one queen size quilt. I work four days and life happens. This quilt was very closely hand quilted and won some blue ribbons at shows and Missouri state fair, so maybe it is worth the effort. The queen size I am hand quilting now I started piecing in November and have it almost finished but the stitches are farther apart because the receipient requested a "soft" quilt. My machine quilted ones are rather stiff with thread play.