I agree that is so sad...to think how hard these two women must have worked on these probably with the intention of leaving them to their children and grandchildren. I ran across this same lack of concern at a garage sale. The man's grandmother had died and they just wanted to get rid of everything. I bought a plastic storage unit with all kind of goodies in it and lots of patches. I have made 3 lap quilts and still have some patches..they sold it to me for $20. I felt obligated to do something with this women's work and have enjoyed putting all the pieces together. So far my children and grandchildren appreciate my work so I hope when I have passed that they will just split it up and enjoy.