momto5

I only long arm, and a 60X72 would take me about three hours (pantograph) or 5-6 hours custom. I don't do a lot of meandering or SID quilting. Hope this helps...

maryfrang

I have a long arm and it takes from 5 to 8 hours for a bed quilt. 5 for a long twin and 8 for queen/king. (also everyone bed quilt size may be different.) I can us my home machine and do a baby quilt 42X60 in about 3 hours. This is without bindings.

teddysmom

I'm a hand quilter so it takes as long as it takes! Once I get "hung up" on how long it takes, the pleasure of quilting becomes an issue. I'm doing it as a relaxation therapy so it takes as long as it takes!

rj.neihart

I do all of my quilting by hand. In the summer months it's harder to quilt because it's so hot to have the needle pushing in and out. I use a quilting floor frame that holds the entire queen/king quilt, and this keeps me from having the quilt in my lap. I'd say it takes me about 3 weeks to quilt and bind by hand. But I have to stay with it nightly. If I have more time during the day, I'll work on it, but most of the time quilting is an evening thing while listening to t.v. My DH is always so happy when I finish quilting - it means I can sit next to him on the couch while cutting more material for my next project.

LindaMRB

I only do hand quilting and though I have tried a hoop or frame, I end up not using them. I find if I baste enough, I can keep it flat. I keep it on my lap and check frequently as I quilt. Only once, recently, have I had to undo and re-quilt and it was only a foot or so and I really could have let it go.
I quilt in front of the TV but have other projects going on so I really have no clue how long it takes.
I am currently working on a big quilt-extra queen size-and am making great progress: 4 of the 12 squares mostly done, including their sashes. Sometimes I go back and add more when I see the overall look.
At my current pace, I anticipate being done some time in September! No kidding. It takes me a long time because I only quilt an hour or two at a time before something interferes. So a square a week or 6 hours times 12 squares = 72 hours + borders.
So this isn't very helpful is it! And it may not be accurate. It sounds like way too much time, but I am including marking the fabric, too.

LindaMRB

Exactly! The more I quilt the faster I am; the more I quilt the better I am. It really does help to get the rocking motion going and to stick with it. I finally learned how to do knots and then use good batting (makes a huge difference) and it just takes what it takes. I might be really upset if I clocked myself! there would be no way to get paid to compensate for the hours of thought and work.
And an artist friend of mine years ago said that it is not just the actual piece you make/paint/turn on the wheel/etc., but the years of learning and experience that adds up to you and your work.

LindaMRB

Sorry I am really in to this question...Has anyone read the Dear Jane quilt book? It chronicles the years Jane worked on her piecing and quilting by what was going on with the war...I believe it was not exact, but guaranteed she had other things to do during that time, too. I imagine sometimes she just flew through the stitches she was so frantic and other times, she was too sad to move...

urgodschild2

I hand quilt and I love all the answers that have been posted. When I made my daughter's wedding ring quilt it took me three weeks and I only worked at nighttime because I was working. Now I am retired. I have all the time in the world and so it doesn't matter how long it takes. Right now I have a queen size quilt that I am handquilting. I worked on it for about a week and have it almost done but I have put it aside as other quilts have caught my eye. Things like BOM.s, doll quilts, medallion quilt (for my niece), just takes two (for my sister) and mystery quilts and so many others. I think I must be ADD as I see designs and want to try them. But some of these I am quilting as I go.....I have never done that before so I guess when I get done, I will be surprised because I will be done. This darn board gives me so many things to join that I just can't say no and so off I go. LOL. But if I set my mind to it I can complete a queen size quilt in two weeks or less. I can sit and listen to books on tapes or watch tv while I work. Multitasking is so much fun. I have made a promise to myself to finish my quilt before summer end because I want it for winter.

Farm Quilter

It depends on the kind of quilting I am doing. I do have a longarm (Innova) on a 12' frame, so it is much easier. If I were doing an all-over pattern I could quilt the quilt in one day. If I am doing custom quilting, it might take up to a week, or even more if it is to be a show quilt. Someone with a computerized system could probably quilt an all-over pattern in half a day. If I were to try to hand quilt it, it would take decades!!! Quilting on my sewing machine is too hard on my shoulders, so I don't do that. I have known of quilts done for show taking 800 hours to make - I sure hope they included the piecing in that number of hours, but quilting quilts for the big shows can be really time consuming!

VickyS

I do all FMQ on my little Singer Featherweight. It takes me anywhere from 8 hours to 40+ hours to FMQ a lap quilt, depending on how intricately I design the quilting. 8 hours would be SID/diagonal straight lines about 4 to 5" apart. 40+ hours would be if I do a pattern specific FMQ with a large number of stops and starts and thread color changes.

I've been quilting about 30 years off and on. Recently I decided to just answer 40 hours for piecing and 40 hours for quilting a lap quilt - not counting the time to find, buy and starch, and cut the material into the pattern - for my "Stock" answer to anyone who wants to know how long it takes. I usually follow up with a discussion about the freedom to choose what you do and how you do it.

This answer helps me feel better when I look into my closet, see all those UFO's sitting there, and can't figure out why things are not getting done! I do not know of any person who quilts 8 hours a day, 5-6 days a week, unless they are a professional (and even those folks set longer time criteria for themselves so their quality stays up and they don't feel under the gun of an immediate deadline to get it done).

Don't feel bad about how long it takes. The only thing that matters is how you feel about it, not how long it takes.