Let me tell you about a quilt that was really used and I was so glad. My youngest daughter loved my quilts. She always had one with her when she traveled or just went on a picnic. She said it was like having a piece of home with her. She also loved to lay out in the sun. The company she worked for let her take a two hour lunch so she could come home and lay out. She draped a quilt over her lounge and let the sprinkler spray her.
Unfortunatley she passed away at the age of 23 from an asthema attack ( she has been gone 19 years now) The next morning I looked out the back door and saw the tattered quilt draped over the lounge she had left out...I was so glad she got to enjoy her quilt so much. So when I give a quilt to someone I am so glad they get to use it before their time is up.
My other daughter now has a whole collection of my quilts and they are always in sight being used. I even made one for her border collie so she could lay on the bed and not hair up the "real" bed clothes. LOL
Linda L