Until I started quilting, I don't think I understood the meaning of "putting your heart and soul into it". That is what we do when we make a quilt...then we part with it. It's a loss to us when a quilt goes to a new home. When my FIL passed away, my SIL gave me back the quilt I made for him. I treasure the making of the quilt, the gifting of the quilt, his use of the quilt and it's return to me. It is a very special quilt to me. Not the most fancy, or even my "best" effort, but it was part of me, then part of him, and now I somehow feel like he is still near us.