My sister had made a quilt for our grandmother comprised of family photos transferred to fabric and alternating 4 patches. It was tied. She did a fabulous job on what I think was her first quilt. It was greatly loved by our grandmother who had it loving displayed by being carefully folded/draped on a rocking chair in her den. My aunt & uncle moved in with our grandmother in her later years. My aunt decided it was perfect acceptable as a dog bed. Needless to say, it was destroyed beyond repair.
And they wonder why, after my grandmother's death, I took back the quilt that I had made for her!