My first quilt was made out of mens old flannel shirts from the goodwill. I was too poor to buy 'whole' yards of anything, so waited until they had stuff a bag for a buck sale. Wahoo for me :) The quilt was a queen sized patchwork quilt for my husband that I backed with a sheet that I'd thrown in the bag from goodwill. Not the fanciest or the prettiest but it had lots of hugs and love in it for him. We've been married 30 years and finally threw it out 2 years ago as it was in very sad shape.