for special friends, I give special gifts! I am in the process of making a quilt for a friend for only the cost of materials. I love the fabrics she chose and I quilt like crazy anyway, so with wonderful fabrics and a home that will love the quilt, we are both winners. At least, that's how I look at it. She wants to pay for my time too. No way could anyone afford that. My offer was, if she wants to spend more money, put it towards my other friend's relay for life fundraising. Then it's a 3-way winning situation.