Wonderful gifts! I especially like the fact that you let the material speak to you as you prepare to begin. I do the same, but my efforts are so clumsy compared to yours. What an inspiration you are for the rest of us.
Not long ago a woman who was working part-time at JoAnns told me she quilts every day, lives alone, and has covered every surface in her house with quilts, and then some. She said she loves having her quilts all around her. At the time I thought that was sad (the not sharing or giving) . But then I don't know what is going on inside herself. We all have our own needs and our own demons.