Just a quick reply. As a very young married woman, I was ignorant when it came to quilts. My mother in law had made a quilt for my husband when he was very young and we didn't take good care of it. I wish now she had given me directions on how to take care of it and no abuse it. It didn't last very long being thrown into a laundromat washer and dryer. I think a newly wed would appreciate those facts.