I signed up for our guild's workshop ($35) with a very popular national instructor, one that always fills up at the Houston Quilt Festival. Found out I needed to pay $100 for the mystery quilt pre-cut kit the instructor was using -- ouch. That was okay until the day of the class. Oh my! I didn't like the fabric or the pattern. Completed more than half at the workshop, put it away for about 6 months. I took it out, quickly finished it, and used it to practice Ruler Quilting. After I was finished, I was happy with the quilting but not so much the quilt.
I sent it to my brother and he absolutely loves it.