As I was growing up my mother made all of the quilts on the beds,I didn't know you could buy them in the store.Now I make them and I understand the labor and time she invested in them and how she never let anything go to waste,she cut the buttons off old shirts and cut the fabric up for quilts or rag rugs,I appreciate her efforts more than ever.I tell any one I give a quilt to you must use it,not save it ,if not I keep the quilt I don't make heirlooms I make quilts to be used everyday, I tell my kids my collection of ginghers is their inheritince.