Tell your family it is not the size it is the quilting that makes it called a quilt be it machine or by hand. A quilt is a lot or scraps of material sewen together to make a picture, a flag, a blanket or a lap blanket or a baby blanket bibs etc. The lap quilts are not used to sleep with they are placed over the lap to keep people warm and the pictures are to give us warm hearts and a feeling of accomplishment, Bibs are used to catch overflow of food, so if they think it has to be to sleep under they are wrong, Not all quilts are for sleeping with or under anymore right girls and guys? Right! You did a great job and it it very pretty keep it going you are doing fine...