I cry about a lot of things, but giving quilts is not one of those times. Any tears shed were in private during the construction. Quilting is meditative for me and often I learn more about myself than I do about the process. By the time I'm done with a quilt, I'm really
done with it, and once I give something it is gone from me as well. It's time to move on to the next project -- the "best" project for me is always the one planned after the one I'm working on
I have to admit, I got strangely emotional with the projects in the Round Robin I was involved with. I've swapped blocks and fabric before with never a second thought, but that project was different. Each month a little stranger would arrive in my house, be cared for and treated well, grow up a bit, patted on the head and sent off to the next house.