I read an article a while ago, on colonial women traveling from Britain to the new land of America. They knew they would never see their families and friends again, and they frantically made quilts to take on the journey, using what little they had to hand.
There was a quote at the end of the story, from that time, that touched my heart. I copied it onto the pc, printed out, and stuck on my wall...
A woman made utility quilts as fast as she could so her family wouldn't freeze. She made them as beautiful as she could so her heart wouldn't break.
We make quilts for us, dude, no one else. :-)