I think we are all a " throw away society" to some extent, and to some a "quilt" is just another bed covering to use until tired of or room redecorated and then time for a new one..... So I only make "quilts" for myself, my own-the ones whom I know will not relegate it to the pet bed, or charity.........I don't expect mine to one day be hanging in the smithsonian but would like to know that the recipient will think of me occasionally when they cuddle up to it.