"I think it's rather insulting for them to take a quilt and hide it away in a cupboard. Get them out, use them up! I promise I'll make more!!! :D [/quote]
Yvonne, they used feed sacks, washed, bleached, and rags. I used to see them on the beds of my relatives when I visited. I loved them much more because without the signature block, they could tell me who made each one. They were beautiful and some are still around with different family members. They still aren't hidden away.
I SO appreaciate your "rant" and I for one totally agree. I tell my kids, grandkids, and friends....if you don't use it, I won't make you anymore. I mean it!
The only thing I don't like to use is a blend of poly-cotten. They are hard to get to cut right. But I use old dresses, old jeans, anything I can get my hands on and no one has ever refused one of my quilts, afghans, anything.
Off my soapbox now, too.
Sharon