Amazing how something sosimple can get so complicated. I agree that I would not use material that would fall apart or not be suitable. I would try selling the worst of it for rag paper and then take the money to buy more suitable quilting materials. Beauty is another thing. I couldn't make something I hated to look at. I like the idea of cutting up the uglier pieces into smaller ones. Scrappy quilts can turn out very nice. Maybe some of the more talented sewers could make 8 " blocks out of the uglies.