I love the fabrics and the pattern. I do know what you mean about working on something you don't like though. I made a swedish weave afghan for one DIL and hated the colors she chose. I had a negative attitude and made many mistakes and had to keep redoing it which made the process so much longer than it could have been. My DH tried many times to get me to change my attitude, but I wouldn't. Everyone else loved it. I have changed my attitude since and remember that a gift to someone else is precious to them if you make it the way they want it to be.