I totally agree with Skittl1321 on the heaviness of a quilt. I made a denim rag quilt for my son when he was about 8 or so and it was really, really easy to make - almost no profanity. However, to this day he will not use it and he just turned 13 cause he said he feels like it will kill him at night from the weight. Some people might like that and it's very durable but really, really heavy.