I'm sorry to hear about your experience with this, but I've always wondered about the string issue. My local Project Linus coordinator told me she got some cotton raggedy quilts once and the strings just kept coming off. Didn't seem like a good thing. Another person sent in quilts with big fabric labels with a tight zig zag stitch all around the borders – but the fabric tore loose after a washing, and I had to rip all those little stitches out to try to save the quilt. What a mess.