beckyboo1

I go in spurts as well but I work full time plus go to school so my time is pretty limited. Even so, I think money would keep me from making very many in a short period of time.

Scissor Queen

I don't have an average. For the most part I don't do the simple style (turning 20, yellow brick road, etc) of quilts so it takes me longer to make a quilt. Some of them I quilt myself so that also adds to how long they take.

Right now I'm working on a wall hanging series for myself. I'm about to send two wall hangings off to be quilted.

deedum

I would guess 4 full and 6 lap sizes and numerous baby quilts. Yesterday i was thinking i never get enough to time to quilt.

susie-susie-susie

I just needed to comment, It is not a race. I just finished a baby quilt for a gift for a shower that is on the 23'd of this month. It is at the long armer's right now. I should get it back on Wed. so I have plenty of time to bind it. The quilt before this one was an "Ohmigosh" quilt. It is waiting to be sandwiched and quilted. It was kind of labor intensive and I feel like I need a break. I need to do "easy" projects for awhile. Maybe I will do a couple QOV quilts. I did that last year, and it felt good. Maybe I will assemble "kits" for some of my projects on my bucket list. That way I can fondle the fabric without actually making anything. I do have about 20 UFO's that are calling my name. Oh, the indecision!!!
Sue

mighty

Depends on the quilt I am making smaller easy quilts are pretty fast and large difficult take a long time.

Sierra

DH and I travel a lot (especially with our g-kids) and sometimes we are asked to take care of one family while Mama is off documenting research and experiences on a tall ship (it's her "ultimate medicine"). I started quilting in 2000 and have just over a hundred quilts which is less than 10 a year. Not so many, but my life if full in other wonderful ways. When we are home I don't have to do cooking or cleaning because DH is retired, supportive of my quilting, and says he does the easy stuff, and I quilt.

pollyjvan9

I started quilting in 2006 and I am up to 250 something. Haven't added the last few I have worked on. Now this counts everything I have quilted: jackets, purses, postcards, table runners and toppers, art quilts, wall hangings, totes of all kinds, curtains, and of course, bed quilts of all sizes except king. Not all the quilts are quilted. Because they take up less room before they are sandwiched I don't usually quilt them until I am ready to give it away or sell it.

mpspeedy2

I am not an ordinary quilter by this board's standards. I am retired on disability. I am also a handquilter. I am not fond of piecing so the "pieced" quilts I make are as simple as possible. I make at least 20 Linus quilts a month by several different methods. Some are a cute kids print front with a flannel back. Those are made envelope style and birthed. I then machine quilt them very basically, usually with varigated thread. I also crochet an edge around blankets made of fleace for Linus blankets or outright crochet them. I recently made a "pieced" quilt for my neighbor who is having her first child. It was a nine patch made with 14 inch blocks. I handquilted a design in the plain white blocks and machine quilted around each block, again with varigated thread. I put flannel on the back of it. It probably took me three days. One reason why I prefer hand quilting is that I can watch TV or have a conversation while working. Since the first of the year I have handquilted three "cheaters" cloth quilts that were made from fabric that looks like piecework. They are each 45" x 52". I handquilted around each printed piece so it looks like a "real" pieced quilt. I probably average about three hours a day on some kind of needlework, sewing, quilting or crocheting. I am 62 and the only other members of the household are my husband who is till working and our cat.

cwessel47

I started quilting in the 70's but didn't get really serious about it until the mid 80's. I am always working on a quilt. Their numbers are uncountable at this point. I only occasionally make a queen-sized and never a king. I hand quilt and that just takes too long as there are so many more yet to do. I find myself working on smaller and smaller things. I just love minis and can take them to work to quilt on during my lunch hour. Each person gets to work at their own pace - and some of us are crazier than others!

Emma S

Man, am I an under achiever! How can I spend so much time quilting with so little outcome? Part of it is being a better starter than a finisher. (17 UFO's) Still, to embarassed to tell you how few. Oh well, its the journey not the arrival.