I have only made one quilt from a kit that I bought because of all the cat fabric in it. I wanted to make it slightly larger and there was enough fabric left over, with just a strip or two of mine, to do just that. It's a nice quilt, but I like to choose my own fabrics for a quilt. The one exception I make is when I make a family reunion quilt. I pick a color, my family members send fabric and I make a quilt from that fabric, just adding a background fabric sometimes, plus the backing. Besides wanting to leave a part of me behind to be remembered, it is a challenge sometimes to use the fabric they send, but it is one way I challenge myself to step outside the box.