GrannieAnnie

I doubt the "no blanket in the crib" has much to do with storing quilts. My grands have blankets/quilts for the floor, for the couch, for the car, for outside, for where ever a blanket can be place to play or sleep ON> Oh and for the boat! LOL, that one has anchors on it.

Caswews

My personal quilts are meant to be used and loved. When I give a quilt that is up to the person receiving it if they feel its meant to be a preserved one then so be it .

solstice3

Use them. You can pack away a well loved quilt just as easy as a just for show quilt

Quilting Nana

I make my quilts to be used and loved. I tell everyone that they need to be "LOVED" if they love the quilts so much that they wear out I'll make them a new one.
One if my sons and DIL love their to death then they get loved by their dogs. By the time they are done there is almost nothing left.
I am making a new one for their bed. It will be Nightmare Before Christmas themed.
I would be very upset if they were put away and not used.

purplefiend

I make my quilts to be used. I feel insulted when someone says they want to put the quilt away to preserve it.

Rubesgirl

I have made 4 quilts so far for my 5 y/o dgs and he uses all of them. They live on a low shelf in his room and he chooses which one he wants on any given night. They are all well loved and now he has asked me for a Lego quilt for Christmas. Might take some imagination on my part, but he will happily use that one, too. :-)

greyhounder

I gave a baby quilt to a friend who became new mother last year. I live in a country without much/any quilt culture (comforters and duvets from IKEA are standard). She asked what to do with it and I told her to use it however she wanted! I told her it was very washable and fine as a blanket. She seemed confused. Not sure how or if it gets used now. But I know I spent some hours thinking happy thoughts for the baby and mother as I worked on it! As a gift, its out of my hands and I can't determine the role of it in their lives. It truly is the thought that counts! To me, making a quilt for someone is a such a lovely meditation or prayer for them-- excluding the time spent ripping out seams and cursing like a sailor over mistaken measurements.

As a child "my" quilt was something I rescued out of the back of the family van. Sun-bleached, it lined the back-back of the Suburban, making it a play-pin for my sister and I on road trips. Probably not a very safe idea now, having kids tumble around untethered in the backend of a van, but I have fond memories. I became very attached to it and as the thinner fabric wore and tore through, I still dragged it around and snuggled it to bits. Though I want it to last forever-- I can't imagine repairing all the "memories." I just want to love it until it completely disintegrates.

ptquilts

A lot of those are cheap imports. If someone only paid $25 for a "handmade" quilt from China, yeah, it is going to wind up in a thrift store someday.

VernaL

I have 4 grandchildren. When each was born, I made them 2 small flannel quilts that were identical. One quilt I gave to them for home and one I kept at my house. I know the ones they had at home were completely worn out. But when they came to my house they used the copy I had kept. Even when they were still teenagers, they wanted to get out their copy quilt and snuggle with it. The copies are in great condition and when they have children or get married or ????, I will give them their copy quilts for their first born. They are simple quilts but each child's quilt is unique. I am so glad they liked them.