My stepdaughter brought me an old quilt that was getting worn and asked if I could "fix" it. I cut it in half to make two twins. She gave me some striped poly-cotton sheets and I covered them on both sides with the same sheets. (I had taken the stripe and cut squares so that I could make an easy pattern with the stripes. That used it all up.) They were in her house for several years before they took a sailboat trip with their three children for 2 years in the Caribbean. Those two quilts were the most used bedding on that boat. My husband and I went to stay with them twice for 2 week stints. Think of a motor home with seven people inside. You can't just open the door and take a walk. A swim, maybe. The quilts still live.