Originally Posted by
quiltstringz
I agree with carslo - what are they for if not to use!
Exactly - By all means use those beauties. Don't be like people who save special dishes for company and they never have any company- so these dishes just gather dust, or special lingerie and never use them. I personally use my things, and enjoy them. That's why I have made the quilts I have. My brother ask me to make him a buffalo quilt, so I did and gave it to him for Christmas in 2011. He told me later he wanted me to make him another quilt, I ask why, "was there a problem with the buffalo quilt, " "No" he said, "but I want one I can use, and that one is for display" silly brother, I told him that quilt was made to use. I informed him he was on the waiting list for another one, and currently at the bottom of the list, since he has one I made, and I have others I wanted to make for.
We can't take things with us when we leave this world, so why not enjoy them now, some family members may not appreciate them or want them, or heaven forbid they have rotted in storage. By all means USE them, or give them to someone who will.