Many years ago I read a newspaper series of interviews they had done with older quilters. One lady said she ties her quilts from the get go then later at her leisure she goes back and quilts them until she has it completely quilted. But in the meantime she has the use of her quilt.
I thought this was a somewhat neat idea, however, I'd probably never get back to quilting anything. I now have a pieced top on my bed as a throw which my grandmother tied waaaay back before the 1950-60's. It's a smallish, neat block design using scraps and is somewhat of an attention getter. It seems to be tied with something like Knit-Cro-Sheen which has held up quite well. I only, on occasion have it out during the chily Fall and Winter months. My grandmother made all of her dresses using small prints and I'm sure a lot of her own scraps are in this 'comforter'.