I make chenille baby bibs, and I hear all of the time "they are too pretty to get dirty"...
they are bibs!
My Mother always gave baby quilts away and she would get so mad when the Mother wouldn't use them because the baby might get it dirty. All of the quilts she made for my daughter were used and still are being used :)
Remember the couches that had vinyl covering in the 70's an 80's??? soooooo funny...
to each their own I guess??
I vote for using them :)