Has anyone seen the commercial with the little boy dragging around a quilt at a picnic. He wraps up in the quilt, then uses it for a cape. It's spread on the ground for the picnic, then he knocks over a drink on it. So back at home Mom washes the quilt and it looks good as new. (I think the commercial is selling detergent, but I'm not sure.:) Mom puts it back into the car, but when the car drives away the quilt is hanging outside under the hatchback door! My husband even said, "Poor quilt!" when he saw that. At least the "poor quilt" was loved and being used as it was intended.

Poor quilt indeed. We were just talking about that commerical last night at my small quilt group meeting, most thought they should have been using an old blanket instead of that beautiful quilt. May in Jersey

I saw it last night and just about cried...

It is a maytag commercial! And the quilt is very pretty.

Yes, and at the end, the Maytag repairman hugs the quilt. (Because he is standing around waiting for a machine to break down and it never happens.)

I loved the commercial! Saw it a few weeks ago.

I haven't seen it yet. :( Sounds sad.

I found it sad too.

I haven't seen it yet, but I will be watching.

I thought it was great! I love seeing my grandkids really enjoying their quilts. This one appeared to be just a simple pattern made up of 4 or 5 inch squares, a variety of colors, not a show piece.

Haven't seen the commercial, but that's how I think a quilt should be used....cause it's loved.

:D :D :D

I'll be watching for it too as i haven't seen it either. I bet it's cute, but why not a stuff animal rather than a quilt. Huggies, Fay

AMEN!!

I saw it last night for the first time. If it'd been an heirloom quilt, I would have been upset, but it looked like something I'd make for a child to carry around and use. I thought it was great that they were actually using it instead of putting it in a closet or using it as a display piece. And it had such happy colors!

I have got to watch for that one. Oh, how I love the idea that the little boy carried the quilt and loved it daily.

Haven't seen that one yet. Have to watch for it.

yep, saw it. just didn't like the end!

Be honest do we not want our quilts used and lo\/ed. a lady a few years said to use the pretty things in you life and enjoy them because most of your things your kids do not want so where do they go when you are gone.

Saw it last night! Love it!!!!!

EXACTLY!

My DIL does ceramics and got upset when we didn't use the lovely gifts she gave us at Christmas so she and I have an understanding...use it, love it and wear it out; I'll make you another!

I feel like the quilts I make for people are like replacement hugs when for when I'm not there.

I love it!!! My friend is, right now, quilting a quilt for her grandkids to drag around when they visit her at camp. That is a true testiment to what quilts were meant for....to use. What better thing, then taking a child on a picnic!
Don't mean to offend anyone's opinions, this is just mine. I have a beautiful rug my Grammie made back in the 70's and it is used every day. Yes, it has lost a couple yarns; but that's ok. I think of her every time I look at it and treasure that she made it for me; and believe she wanted me to enjoy it.

I agree. I have never felt happier than to see my DGS quilt become his security blanket and absolutely loved it to pieces. :) :)

I have seen it several times. I guess I feel differently about it. I am thrilled the boy loves it so much that he takes it everywhere with him. And obviously the quiltmaker did a very good job. To me it shows a lot of love.

I agree.............the more loved the better...

Sad is when you won't let your kid touch the quilt someone who loved her made for her....Not for display or "hold onto until she will appreciate it". I love to see little ones drag my quilts and sleep with them, where ever they may sleep.

this is quilt that was meant to be used. I madequilts for my grandchildren when they were babies and they ended up as wall hangings which is okay but i hope the children know they were loved. i alway tell my children that if they ever feel down wrap yourself in a quilt and feel you are loved.

Isn't that why we make children quilts? To be loved, used, and yes, even abused! I do! I want the all loved out and then I will make then another big boy/girl quilt. Makes me sad to see a child's quilt the parents won't let them use.

Saw this for the first time last night and thought........that's what memories are made of and that's why I make quilts :-). If you want to preserve it, hang it on a wall.

I haven't seen it, but agree EIQ - I want a little part of my kids memory of me to be from the comfort they may have gotten from a quilt I made. If it is a gift, I TRY not to worry about what is happening to it - I GAVE IT AWAY! (If I consider it a show piece, I still have it (after I'm gone they can do what they want w/it)

Have a blessed day & may all your quilts be filled w/love.

Yes I've seen that. Very cute.

I think a quilt is meant to be used and loved, haven't seen the commercial yet.

So right you are! Loved the commercial. The quilt is well loved and used.

double amen!!

I feel this way too. I tell all my family that quilts are to be used when I give them away. I do not make any great showpiece quilts and I want to see them being used.

I don't watch much TV, does anyone have a link to it online?

I've tried searching and have only found the classic maytag commericials.

Haven't seen the commercial but that's what kids quilts are for...making memories. I tell the kids to use it, drag it around, make a tent or a fort with it, lay on the floor to watch t.v. or wrap yourself and the dog in it. but USE IT. I will make them another one when this one wears out but memories last forever.

I think it is great. I guess anyone who wanted to make an heirloom quilt for someone should advise them not to use it - or am I off base? I want my quilts to be "used up" which means they are appreciated and loved. It makes me so happy when the grandkids drag their quilts somewhere - in front of the TV, in the car, etc. I'll make them another one if they wear it out.

I haven't seen the commercial, but I will be tickled pink if that quilt were made by me. I make two kinds of quilts - one for display only, and one for everyday use. Almost always, I end up making mostly the latter. I enjoy making quilts so that the recipient can enjoy them any way they want. I receive pictures from my relatives showing the quilts everywhere on their homes - being used as a play tent, a nap blanket, even a blanket for a cat that was sick, and I'm pleased because that's was the purpose of the quilt when I make it. Those quilts that I made intended as wall hanging or table topper - they simply stay folded in the recipient's closets, and I usually get "It's too pretty to use" response when I ask about them.

I made quilts for my little ones to take with them wherever they went, be it camp, a sleepover, visiting relatives far away, or just laying around the house. They were meant to be used to let them know I was with them always. Love should never be boxed up and only brought out on special occassions.

From my viewpoint-a quilt is love and love should be wrapped around those you love and taken with them everywhere that they go....not unlike a shield of love and hugs for when they need it...or as a companion in fun and adventures...when I make a showpiece it just never seems to have the heart and soul that a "love" quilt carries with it....