I see both points, but I have to say the argument is kinda silly. A quilt is a wonderful gift no matter. All gifts from In laws have strings, seen or not they are there. Want to talk about a bad gift? the first gift I got from the Inlaws after my wedding was a cemetary plot. I would love to have gotten a quilt even if it had a ton of strings. My MIL is gone now but I still have gifts that have strings.