I have made four quilts with it that have been used. I am not including my UFOs here. They have all been machine washed, one pretty much weekly (the one in my Avatar), and I love it. It has a lovely loft, and it makes a great cover up here in Australia on hot nights. It is also nice on cold nights as an extra blanket. It does beard a bit, but so does cotton in the quilt my GF made us.