I agree with Tartan, I seldom work on one quilt start to finish. I once made a quilt for my DH for our 25th wedding anniversary, however, life happens and I finally finished it to give it to him on our 30th wedding anniversary. However, although I didn't have a problem with his fabric choices, I won't make the mistake of letting him pick the pattern again. It was a kaliedoscope pattern, lots and lots of bias edges. I had tried to make a pieced border out of one portion of the quilt pattern, however, it didn't work out, so I spent TWO DAYS "unsewing" the border and then put it away. I eventually went with a plain black border with a large cable quilting design in the borders - black was part of the quilt fabrics, so it worked out. I've pieced tops in a day, a week, or longer, it just depends on the pattern, my mind set and life. I'd be interested in seeing the results of your time frame for quilts.