My First Quilting Commission

Yesterday I received a phone call from a neighbor, asking me to make a quilt for his wife for Christmas. I was quite surprised, as I am still just a "confident beginner" quilter. He and his wife had bid on the quilt I donated to our silent auction for our wine crush party. She was quite disappointed that she didn't have the winning bid or so I was told.

I immediately thought of all the reasons I should not accept this commission. To wit, "I don't have the skills," "I don't know what to charge," "What if she doesn't like the end product?" etc, etc, etc. In the end, I decided that I would make the quilt, but not charge for my time. But when I told my neighbor this, he insisted that he did not want me to do this without being paid. I told him I would get back to him today. What to do? What to do?

I am very flattered that my neighbor would ask me. We share a love of dogs and he asked me to make a dog-theme quilt. I went online and found some perfect fabric. Sent for swatches to show him, despite the fact that he told me that he completely trusted my judgment in these matters. After sleeping on the request, I decided that I am really excited about making this piece, but will NOT take money from my neighbor. Period. That's decided.

On the home dec front, it has been yet another week of chaos. New carpet on Monday & Tuesday, then tile work beginning on Tuesday through this week and even tomorrow (Saturday). Thank goodness that Dear Husband is giving me a break from the activity and is working from home today so I can skate. Yay! I really need to get back on the ice for a variety of reasons.

Merlin is much improved and even able to take short walks. He is very "sparky" in the mornings now, back to barking very loud for his breakfast. That's always a good sign.

Onward we go to skating and quilting!