Quote Originally Posted by Racing Nana View Post
what I don't know is the approx. amount of time I will need to quilt each of them. The blocks are 12 X 12. 4 hours? 8 hours? OMG longer?
Pin or spray baste? Are you only SITD'ing around/between the blocks or with there be additional quilting over the blocks? How big of a throat does your machine have?

Your mileage could vary dramatically but I just quilted the these two quilts which are only a little smaller than twin sized quilts and it took me about 2 hours total. I did SITD and some quilting over the blocks. A good portion of that time was spent making chalk marks for the quilting that was not in the ditch though. I spray basted then used a handful of pins around the edge just to keep my layers from delaminating while I rolled and unrolled the quilt. A walking foot, a steady hand, and not being too worried if every single stitch actually ends up in the ditch are all helpful.

My suggestions: use basting spray because pins will take more time and IMHO give inferior results. Stitch in the ditch and possibly across the blocks if needed depending on your batting. You'll start out slow but you'll get faster as you go. Wind more bobbins than you think you'll need because nothing is worse than completely unthreading your machine half way through to wind more bobbins.

Good luck! Oh, and post pictures so we can see what you made!