be careful with that thought. My gram is in a facility and had her hand quilted polyester quilt with her. The soap and how they wash things nearly destroyed it. The back wasn't polyster and is tattered and torn in places. Luckily the front is what it is and I was able to save it but can never use it because of the condition. I bought her a quilt at Wal Mart and put a flannel sheet on the back to make it heavier and quilted on the lines to make it all work and i embroidered her name in big letters on each side...who cares what happens to that but my grandmothers quilt is irreplaceable.