That I have bonded with the quilt is an understatement. The sad thing was, it was made for my daughter who wanted a red and white quilt to go with her son's red sock monkey quilt (some of the monkey fabrics are in this quilt too). When she lived in Texas she had a a very large master bedroom with a baby/crib nook built in...so she wanted them to "match", and complained everything was too small. She wanted an extra large king size quilt. Ha. Now she lives next to me in Virginia, and she now has a new baby girl. (Yes, she makes babies faster than I can make a quilt). Well, I can't give her this now, and truly her needs have changed anyway. So guess I am stuck with this for life, which is not so bad. It is a scrap quilt and there are many memories woven in that no one else would care about.