I made my first quilt over 20 yrs ago. I worked for mths. Every stitch by hand. A good friend gave me antique fabric for alot of the squares. I wash and dry it so many times a yr. It is the "bedspread for my bed".
We also have a beagle that until recently, slept on top of my quilt every night. Some of my blocks started dryrotting. I didnt know what else to do but to cut more blocks. I trimmed away all that I could of the bad ones and stitched(by Hand) the 3 new blocks and quilted them to match. Noone can tell except me so I was proud of my work.