I made a quilt for a new GGD last year. The parents lived in a very small apartment. Her mother just loved the quilt, but didn't know what to use it for since it was fairly big. One day she used it for a rug. She wanted to display it, but didn't have anywhere to do that. It didn't hurt my feelings, I just told her not to walk on it with shoes on, and be careful. She put it up. Sometimes people just don't know how to treat things. Marge D, when I read your post, I was thinking maybe they wanted to show the quilt off, and meant no disrespect.
Sue