Personally, I make quilts for the fun of it. It's my hobby. I put everything I have into them but the joy is in the doing. But, you have to be realistic as well. I have purchased "Bed-in-a-Bag's" for $39.95, the quilts have been washed a gozillion times and they still look brand new. If I want to redo a bedroom, in addition to the cost of the paint, wallpaper, curtains, etc., etc., I now have the addition of $100 or so for the top including borders, binding not to mention cost of the batting plus the backing plus a month or better to hand quilt. At that point if I can find a quilt on sale from Eddie Bauer for $69.00 for a queen I'm going to go for it. I absolutely love quilting but have realized that I don't want my gifts stuffed in a drawer to be passed down through the ages as heirlooms....I want them to be used. So, since the cost of cotton has skyrocketed I'll probably just be doing smaller quilting projects.