I just finished one last spring but couldn’t upload it from my phone. Making a quilt from these bags is a great deal of work. Because it was a surprise gift from a relative to her son, I did all the work. Personally I would ask your friend to wash the bags with a color catcher twice. Dry in dryer. Cut the bags apart by the seam lines and don’t cut into fabric. Throw away the ties. I wanted to make stars with the words Crown Royal in the center so we took the really big bags and used the center logo for this. We made a template and cut them out exact. I found yellow flannel that was a good match and washed it. I cut up the smaller pieces for the star points and used the longer pieces for sashing. Matching the purple was very difficult but I found something suitable. It was a great deal of work but he was over the moon about it. He bought the bags over 20 years ago and she added more.