Use them! Than make new ones!

If a quilt isn't used, it has no memories. If it has no memories, it ends up in an estate or yard sale because it means nothing to the owner. So use it up, wear it out, love it.

USED! I am adamant that my quilts be used. I put a lot of time and thought into them since they are my creative outlet and it brings me no greater pleasure than to know my gift is being used, bringing someone joy and comfort.

I am lucky enough to have several quilts that my grandmothers had made for me over the years.

I use them UP, just as both of them would have wanted me to. I use them until they're falling apart, and then I store the raggedy things because I can't bear to get rid of them. I still have my baby blankets...the embroidery has rotted away and they have stains and spots and rips from me dragging them around everywhere and building countless forts with them...and I love that I still have them even though they're super delicate and not worth a single penny to anybody but me.

My fondest wish, when I give my quilts away, is that they will be used until they are used up too. I wouldn't have all these fond memories of my grandmother's quilts if I hadn't been allowed to use them all my life.

I like to say, "A quilt is a hug trapped in fabric." So don't put my hugs in the closet! Wrap up in them, and know you're loved!