One trick I have taught myself is that I set up the longarm to quilt a design (computerized) and then I sit in my little back bedroom and piece blocks while listening for the sound of bobbin running out so I can run out and change it. I can go back and forth between the rooms checking on "Bob". This is part of my "exercise program". So I am doing 2 things at once, and this is how I can make so many quilts. Then a dedicate a day to going to the basement sewing studio to trim quilts for binding, and piece the blocks into a top. I have a Juki industrial straight stitch machine that I use for putting on borders and sewing long seams in backings, making the process speedy. We all find tricks that work for us. I get distracted easily so I try to keep a variety of projects going that I can switch to if I get tired of doing one thing. Since most of my quilts are for charity I use easy and quick patterns.