How lucky I was ... my niece asked me to make a quilt for her children's school auction. Annually they had a quilt to auction but no one had come forward so she asked if I would make it ... it was at the last minute and I was new to quilting. The quilt was made with scraps and all the students in the class had signed it but $20 is about what it was worth !! Long story short: the quilt sold for $425 ... however, the winning bid was made by my niece's brother in law! So ... that quilt with all the newbie's mistakes "came back home" :wink: