Without sentimental attachment I say "go for it";on the other hand I have two totes full of hand smocked clothes that I made for my youngest girl...since before she was born....I had decided I would take these clothes and make her a quilt. When we started pulling these clothes out and looking at them and talking about the occasions they represented, I decided I just can't cut them up! She is almost 30, not married, and doesn't look like there are babies in the future, I'm just going to keep them and give them to her for whatever. There are several items that were never completed as clothes, only the smocked parts, so I can easily cut them apart to incorporate in a quilt.