Think of it this way. The publisher says, "You gotta shorten the title. Nobody's gonna buy a book titled, So Easy You Can Complete It In Just A Few Hours or Days." What is she to do but make it a 3-word title. We all fall for that one. They have sold a lot of books haven't they? We are such saps for anything that looks EASY.

Many, many years ago, when "Quilt in a Day" first came out, I tried it and decided you could quilt in a day, if a day is 24 hours, if you don't take time to eat, if you don't go to the bathroom. It took me about a week.

I have done a QAYG baby quilt Log cabin style starting with 2 3.5" squares and my serger. I used a bunch of ugly fabric (and in this case ugly + ugly = uglier). It's about 42" square. What I have found is that the seams have pulled apart--careful stitching is essential. I use it in the bottom of the pack n play for when the grands need a place to sleep. And I haven't made another since.

Eleanor Burns got me started with her "quilt in a day." Naive as I was, I believed her. LOL I do think she must be referring to, at most, piecing the top not actually getting the whole thing quilted -- at least not by me.

I love all the comments. Especially the one "if a day is 24 hours, no break, etc." SO funny. And you are right about the teachers having it already done adn ready to go and people doing it all. Makes me feel so much better. I am going to get fabric ready. Get my timer, and the next time I make one, I am going to time, cutting, everything. Should be interesting. Probably very do-able with no interuptions.
Don't forget the book Quilts to do in a weekend. ROFL. NOT!!!!!

I want to know what kind of time warp she lives in LOL!

Actually, looking at the 6 hour quilt on her site, it doesn't look too hard, but, if that includes cutting, binding and quilting, forget it!!

I was always under the impression from watching Eleanor's programs (many years ago) that her "Quilt in a Day" quilts are actually about "piecing the top together in a day", not finish the whole thing in a day. Have I been wrong? If so it was probably trying to comfort myself for
not getting beyond putting the top together in one day.

Well, in my mind if I see "Quilt in a Day" or "6 hour Quilt" I'm thinking the whole thing. Maybe it should be called "Quilt Top in a day" or "6-hour Quilt Top". How many books do you think she would sell if that was the title? It seems like gross mis-representation to me. If a customer comes to me to make a dress for her, I give her a price based on the dress from start to finish. I don't think she would be too happy if I told her that didn't count hemming and hand-stitching facings down.

It's always seemed to me that her qults don't have very much quilting.
Has anyone else had problems with her instructions for the Underground Sampler? It is one of my UFOs because I found the directions very confusing.