I made a couple for the boys next door when they graduated high school. I told them to throw them into their cars. Their mom says these quilts have been to football and hockey games, on picnics, on the ground when a tire needed fixing, to the beach and, most importantly, are part of their winter survival kit.
When you live in the boonies, every autumn, you pack a box with a couple of candles and matches, some chocolate bars, a flashlight, extra gloves and warm hat, and some sort of blanket or sleeping bag. That goes beside the snow shovel and the bag of kitty litter (non clumping
) in your car's trunk. We cannot always count on cell phone service or help being around the next corner.