Glenda - my mother has been gone 5 years this past Christmas and she had more material than a JoAnn's store - I didn't take 1/10th of is and now whish I had - every now and then I come across something of hers I took and I think really hard before I cut it up.
I just did a scrap quilt to see if I could and my girls said - "Mom why did you cut up our baby dresses that Granny Peg made us". I started really looking at it and almost the entire thing was from left over fabric that she used to make all their baby and toddler clothes...I was going to donate it but now its on the end of my bed!
Amazing how much we incorporate them into our daily lives without realizing it!