Well, you are no dummy. You have collected things others would have thrown away so you are a recycler. And then you went to the work of cutting out pieces and sewing them together. I don't even know what a "Rag Quilt" is.! And what if you were cresting a new type of quilt, not messing up what you thought you were doing. I wish you sent a picture. If all else fails, go to "Ugly Quilts" by "My brother's keepers Club" and make into a homeless sleeping bag. You are a WINNER !!!