Dear Pat,
      Wow!   I can only figure three possibilities;  One the lady that
gifted your MIL with the Pine needle basket had worked on it for a long
time before they met, 2) the lady worked at whizzzzzzzzzing speed ,
or 3) she was doing a different kind of pineneedle basket than i do.
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     A week , when ever i can spare a minute, is about as fast as i can
do one [menium size.  Even a 'sampler' [starting with a larger center
and putting on only a few rows], takes a couple of hours.       
    I once did a large sewing basket one with double loop handles and a
lid.  It took me about a year.  Of course, i didn't work on it steady.
    Congratulations on your finishing a quilt.  Trapunto and shadow
appique are the closest i get to quilting.  
     Shalom,  ll
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