Every make a quilt while feeling really angry about something? How did it turn out?

I taught a tough group of kids during summer school one year, and got so frustrated with them one day that I had to quilt when I got home.

I ended up designing a quilt using fire-engine red FQ's in an "easy" log cabin pattern in all black, and putting it on point. My sewing was very off that day--none of the blocks were the same size and the setting triangles didn't fit either. And we won't discuss the times I had to "unsew".

I wrestled with that sucker for a week, and when I finally finished it, I named it my "Anger Quilt" It is very dramatic in all black and red, and one of my favorite lap quilts now.

My mother once tried to design and sew a Christmas table topper while undergoing chemotherapy. We both agree it is the ugliest thing she ever made--somehow she made red and green look yucky.

Our emotions affect our sewing, so when I'm working on a gift for someone I care about, I try not to curse in front of the quilt!