I don't make heirloom quilts....I want people to drag them around until they fall apart....and I try to tell them that. I also try to disengage myself from the quilt once it has been given away....because then it's really not mine anymore. This particular trait came into call when I walked into my sister's house and saw the dog sleeping on the handquilted shamrock lap quilt I made for my sister. It's hard, but not impossible to disengage.