Since you mentioned making a couple of quilts, I had an idea that might appeal to your chilly guy there in the cold north. How about sewing them together as a duvet cover? Basically, make them like a big pillowcase and add ties at the open end. It might be possible to do it with large stitches so that they can be restored as quilts at some future time, but meanwhile you'd have a reversible quilt and all your efforts would be put to good use. If having a nice quilt hidden on the underside is not such a good idea, or if they are not the same size, you could make them both into duvet covers by simply sewing a sheet to the under side.