Not so funny story...participated in a guild Brown Bag Challenge. I contributed 5 fat quarters, two more could be added. The rules were construct something and return it and the remaining fabric. I got back a "finished" table runner so poorly quilted and bound I couldn't live with it. My small group friends agreed, so much so that they have passed it around and are ripping it out for me. I feel a bit ungrateful to the quilter who I know thought she was doing a good thing. I would have been thrilled to have receive her work as a top that I could "make my own." In the end that is what I will have. Don't you love quilting friends.