Thanks for the nice comments everyone, especially that this quilt can be appreciated by a man.
Richard Schlesinger is my favorite news correspondent, and I have admired his work on 48 Hours, and the CBS Evening News for many years. I find him remarkably intelligent, always prepared, frequently humorous, and absolutely charming. It happens that we were born in 1954. We will both be 60 this year. I could not let this birthday pass by without marking the occasion.
I expect the quilting to take a few weeks. If I work on it every day, it may be done before the end of April. Richard was born in October, but I want to make absolutely sure that it is finished in time to get to New York City before his birthday.