I have a toile confession to make. A few years ago French General had a beautiful line of fabric called Pom Pom de Paris, featuring a lovely toile in several colorways. I made an impromptu decision to use the toile (in the prettiest colorway) as my block centers in a quilt. The fabric was out of print and I only had a fat quarter, and only one on-line store overseas had any left; it was expensive (plus the shipping) and so I only bought 1/2 metre. When it came time to cut my squares, I didn't have enough fabric to fussy cut them all, so I ended up with the macabre effect of having headless torsos or dangling legs in some of the squares! I will never be able to gift this quilt, lol. However, it was not the only design flaw, as I was supposed to have a gradient of color and messed that up, as well.