I love Marti Michell and what she says in one of her books is that if you make a quilt for another person, there are two rules: one is that you pick the pattern and the other is you pick the fabric. Quilting can be fun but if you are making something you hate with fabric you hate, it ain't fun no more. Same goes for putting in zippers, working for free, repairing quilts others have messed up......the list goes on and on.