I give a lot of mine away. I've used them as Christmas gifts, birthday gifts, and church fund raisers. I've also kept many that have been too expensive or too challenging to give up. Those I use. My walls are too full of paintings to hang quilts so I have to use them on the beds in order to display them. To save a quilt for "something special" is a waste. I have my grandma and grandpa's wash day quilt--the one that was on their bed every day of the year except for wash day. It's so worn that a lot of the blocks are just frayed remnants of the edges but I love it because I know that it represents years of love. That's the true value of a quilt. We should never let our quilts become orphans.