mine is a time "magic wand" story--just got back from a retreat with my DS--and 2 of her projects to quilt--which isn't really a big deal, but she was also hoping I'd take the handwork she did for a Christmas quilt and do the rest of the piecing and then quilt it--frankly, I was prepared to do that because we'd talked about it last year, but I'm swamped right now with customer quilts, part-time work, and guild responsibilities. so we worked out other arrangements. but I guess what surprises me is that non-quilters (or those that don't do alot of quilting) don't realize the amount of time the whole process takes--or at least takes for me!