My first quilt, age 9 was made of the leftover pantsuits of my Mom's and her girlfriends! Even remember the hotpants they made. Still have it the quilt. My Grammy hand quited it. My daughter draged it around for years, many many Girl Guide camps. The batting is gone and the cotton back is wornen, but the blocks are as bright as ever and it still keeps us wamn when camping. I remember at the time we joked it and melamie dishes would surive a bomb. Still makes me proud to look at this quilt.