Sewing with a friend and Crazy Quilt Patches

Have you ever said you would do something, thinking it wouldn't take you very long - just to find out it takes you forever? That's what has happened to me the last couple of times I have told someone I would help them out....and it's not that I put it off either. I started working on some blocks with my friend, Shirley, on Saturday. She and I are doing a demo together for our sewing group. We are making crazy patch blocks and showing the group how to do embroidery stitches and embellishments on these blocks. We are making about 25 - 30 blocks and they are taking forever! We worked on these Saturday and only got 6 done. We had a great time and laughed alot but we were both surprised at how long these blocks were taking to sew up...We are getting together again this Saturday. Shirley and I decided to do these crazy patches with embellishments and embroidery stitches after we went to Martha Pullen. At Martha Pullen, we sat in on a class by Sandy Jenkins from Fredericksburg, Tx. Shirley had taken her classes in the past and loved her. She is a crazy patch queen. Go check out her website, very impressive. I'm not into crazy patch that much but she made me want to be! She does lovely work. I watched her video and she makes embroidery work look so easy!