One year ago today, Mary Buvia of Greenwood, Ind., put the final stitch in her Christmas quilt titled "The Loading Dock." That day was a 14-hour marathon session, she says.

Ron and Louise Harvey, of Portage, have spruced up their usual Christmas fare with a massive, hand-embroidered, 6-foot-by-8-foot quilt, which the couple has hung over their condo's stairwell.