Wellllll, if you were a painter would you give one of yuur best works to be hung in the barn?? It's not really always that the gift is not appreciated, but that the recipient doesn't do any kind of hobby or handwork and simply doesn't have a clue about the hours and money spent. It seems silly to me to spend many, many hours making a quilt that, though maybe appreciated, is not taken care of or valued because of ignorance. It is not that we don't love these folks, just that we choose not to give them something that they don't understand or take care of. The people in my family who do not sew or do any hobbies are still given quilts, but I don't put so much work in them and thus am not upset if they are on the floor or in the car, or used for moving day. They are still quilts, the recipients do not feel left out, and they are still pretty and decorative and whatever they do with the is okay with me.