My sister who has a $25 or thereabouts budget when it comes to giving me a present asked for a shabby chic QS quilt. I told her it would be for 7 years of Christmas and birthdays. I never intended to make it till much closer to the 7 years being up and when she enquired after maybe 3 years or so I got a bit miffed and explained to my mother (I knew the message would get passed on) just what a QS quilt cost in terms of materials (I am in Australia where QS fabric costs around $25/metre), batting, backing and machine quilting. I sewed the top at retreat and given there were only 4 fabrics and I usually sew very scrappy it was a challenge. She loved the finished quilt but I made sure I didn't resume presents for another couple of years. The bonus with this was my mother now tells people if they wanted to order a quilt from me like the one on her bed it would be $1000.