You know...it seems to me that quilting is getting to be an elite practice and I am all about quilts/blankets to use.
Isn't this what they were intended for?
Years ago I made some quilts for my bestfriends children, she packed them away and never let her children use them...at all.
Well, the oldest passed away at 19 this year, never to have snuggled under his quilt I made him at 10...the daughters haven't seen their quilts in years...
SO...I send them a lap top every year for this reason...I figure one of 'em will get used...
Use the fabric you want to use, be it JoAnns, A Quilt shop or scraps. Quilts are labors of love for most of us. A Blanket to comfort, warm us and secure us...
Create...dont worry about the other stuff...
K