The Quilting Quest - A Step-by-Step Guide

Quilting Kit & Patchwork Bear
 

Hello Simmers!  I completed the quilting quest yesterday and I would like to share information about the quest with those who have yet to do it.  Hopefully, this step-by-step guide will be of assistance to you.

First, here is some general information about the quest. To start the Quilting Quest, you have to be at Level 23 or higher and you must have completed all prior quests.  If you finish the quest within 5 days, you will unlock a patchwork teddy bear.  The bear is cute, but unfortunately, you have to pay $28,000 to get it.  Wow!  That bear must be stuffed with gold.

Here are the tasks in order and information about completing each one:

1. Call a friend - Use any phone and select the "call a friend" option.  (3 minutes with 3-star phone)
2. Bring a Sim to the park - Go to the park and use Sim Tracker to whistle over an available Sim.  If you already have a Sim at the park, this task will complete once you visit it. (few seconds)
3. Gaze serenely on a park bench - Beware of the "gaze" tasks.  Every time this word comes up in a task, it means you will be doing it for a very long time! Just click on a park bench, but not the one used for bird feeding, and select the "gaze serenely" option. (21 hours, 36 minutes)
4. Ask a Sim about the serene gaze - Again, there's that "gaze" word again.  Click on a second Sim and select the "ask about serene gaze" option.  (14 hours for 2 Sims)
5. Bake an apple pie - Click on a stove and select "bake apple pie" option. (40 minutes)
6. Give some pie to another Sim - Click on a second Sim and select the "give pie" option. (1 hour for 2 Sims)  One hour to eat pie! And, I thought my kid was a slow eater. 
7. Feed ducks - Go to the park, click on the duck pond, and select the "feed ducks" option. (15 minutes)
8. Paint a picture - Find an art easel and select "paint picture".  If you don't have an art easel, you can buy one in the "Promotions-R-Us" store. (3 hours)
9. Freak out over picture - Click on newly painted picture and select the "freak out" option. (1 minute)
10. Draw out a chess game - Click on a chess board and select the "play drawn out game" option.  You can use the chess board in the park or your own if you have bought one from the "home store". (1 day)
11. High five another Sim - You must be a friend before you can high five.  Either use 2 Sims that are friends or make 2 Sims friend.  Then, click on the "high five" option. (1 second)
12. Call old Sim - Click on a phone and select the "call old Sim" option. (10 hours, 40 minutes with a 3-star phone).  I guess they have a lot to discuss.
13. Get over-excited at another Sim - Click on a second Sim and select the "get over-excited" option. (1 minute)
14. Search for quilting online - Click on a computer and select the "search for quilting" option. (4 hours, 27 minutes with 3-star computer)
15. Drive to the quilt fair - Click on a car and select the "drive to quilt fair" option. (1 day)
16. Make a fancy coffee - Click on a coffee machine and select the "make fancy coffee" option. (3 minutes with a 3-star coffee machine)
17. Grow potatoes - Click on a farm plot and select the potatoes. (2 hours).
18. Heat hands in warm water - Click on a sink and select the "heat hands" option. (12 minutes with a 3-star sink)
19. Play "Quilting Mama" game - Click on a TV and select the "play quilting mama" option. (10 hours with a 3-star TV).
20. Get the quilting kit - Go to the "Promotions-R-Us" store and buy the kit.  It will cost $2500 for each one.  You can purchase as many as you want. (few seconds)

Once you complete the last task, you will receive the following message: "Congratulations!  You've earned the quilting hobby. Now your Sims can quilt to their hearts' content."

If you completed the quest within 5 days, you will also receive the following message, "For finishing the quest in record time, you've unlocked an exclusive patchwork teddy.  Find it in the home store."

The total time needed to complete the tasks without fast-forwarding any of them with LPs is approximately 4 days and 20 hours.  So, if you are looking to complete the quest within the 5 days to unlock the bear, you are left with a very small window of time.  Unfortunately, with this quest, most of the tasks are unique to this quest, so other than a few tasks, you can't start them in advance.  You can shave a little time of the total if you start the tasks highlighted red in advance (baking apple pie, growing potatoes, and painting a picture). If you start these tasks early, just make sure you don't complete them prior to the tasks before them are completed, or the tasks won't count toward your quest and you will have to redo them.

I hope this guide helps.  Feel free to post any comments or ask any questions.  I will try to help you the best that I can.  Good luck and happy Simming!