I still have the 1st quilt I ever made which is 20 years old and the ugliest thing I have ever made. It's tied and still holding. It too has been used for everything. Yes , it's faded, lumpy and has a couple of split seams which I will repair. It sits folded on the end of the couch where it can be grabbed by the gk for a nap, tossed on the floor to watch TV and pushed and scrunched by the animals for a bed. To all of us, it's part of the family.