It wasn't the quilt - it was the picture. I made my grandson a wedding quilt with a tree of life panel and batiks. I was horrified to find it as a couch cover. IMO, you do not sit on the tree of life. That same grandson and his wife do not wash his Quilt of Valor often enough to suit me. They think they'll ruin it - I think dirt is worse for it. His cousin is using his QOV as a dog bed. His mother, my daughter, was horrified, but I don't care. I like dogs. The GS says the dog is his baby and deserves something nice.