I give my quilts to people I KNOW or hope will use them. The ones at home are washed and silky and just one thread away from falling apart, or they are being loved to death by claws and covered in fur. :wink: I don't believe in keeping quilts pristine, which is why most of mine start utilitarian in nature.
One exception that upsets me every time is in the movie "How to make an American Quilt" when Wynona Ryder drags that GORGEOUS hand-made quilt through the red dirt. I could walk into the TV frame and slap her!