My Mother was cross stitching 18" rose sqaures before she passed . I finished the cross stitch now I have to layer it and hand quilt it. That will be a heirloom for my granddaughter. As for how many hours it took me to make the painted quilt,I would have to guess at about I would say about a month if I worked on it 8 hours a days every day for 30 days. That would include cutting the fabric and piecing and layering , basting and hand quilting and putting the binding on. I want to thank everyone for your so kind comments and praises. I do love this quilt and I have two more tops of the smae pattern but in blue. The only thing I am going to change is the patterns for hand quilting. God only know when I will get to that. I am also glad that I am not alone when it comes to taking 15 yrs to finish a project. And yes it was worth the wait. I have about 10 tops ready to be layered and quilting . Does anyone else in this situation. I love making tops.