Originally Posted by
toverly
I don't worry about thread. My quilts are to be used and if they wear out, they wear out. I have never understood the concept of Heirloom quilts. To me that means that they are shelved and saved. If they aren't used, they have no memories and if they have no memoris, they are meaningless. So use your thread, love your quilts and be happy.
I agree! I'm grateful my family has a "use 'em up" attitude towards quilts - I have so many fond memories of the quilts my grandmothers made for me (often involving making forts out of them, and/or running around in the yard with one over my shoulders as a cape) and I wouldn't have any of those memories if those quilts were "heirlooms". I don't have most of those quilts anymore since I wore them out, but I will have those memories forever and that's a lot more valuable to me. If those quilts had just lived on a shelf I might still have them but I wouldn't care about them nearly as much.