Should I actually use my quilts?
 

I have a few full size quilts I have made and they are in the linen closet. I was sorting closets yesterday and thought I should be using them. Every time I put them out on a bed I get stressed thinking what if someone spills something on them, or if they fade when washed. Does anyone else have this phobia?

I use quilts on all the beds in my house and truly hope that those quilts that I have gifted are being used also. The first quilt I ever made it on our bed and just this weekend I had to do a major mend on it - including some appliqued spots. The Dh has split things on it, ink stains, and some of the fabric has faded but it is loved - kinda like the Velveteen Rabbit and that makes it all the more special as it was a quilt for him when we were dating. My phobia is that no one uses the quilts we had made and they never see the light of day :)

I agree with carslo - what are they for if not to use!

Exactly - use them and enjoy them. No use saving them for "best" - make every day a "best" day!

I use all my quilts. I just make sure to not lay on them. If you lay on them, you can split the seams easily.

I use mine, if they wear out it gives me the perfect excuse to make more!

I change mine out the first of every month. I've been quilting for a long time and some of my quilts have literally worn out or finished their life in the doggies basket. Keep in mind if you don't use them, your family won't see them as having any value when you are gone. enjoy them, embrace your stash ;) and make some more.

huh??????????

i try to put all of mine out. if there is no room on a bed, i hang them for display

When I was younger and received something "special" such as expensive perfume, etc., I would put it away and not use it because if I used it up, it would be gone and I wouldn't have it any longer. One day as I was dusting all these "special, unused items," I had an epiphany. By saving them and not using them, it was like I didn't have them at all. I decided that very day that when I received something special, I would use it and enjoy it.

Quilts are special items to be used and enjoyed. If you have them tucked away in your linen closet, do you only enjoy them when you clean that closet? Wouldn't it be more rewarding to have them out where you and your loved ones could enjoy them everyday of your lives? The only quilt in my house that doesn't get used (yet) is the show quilt I made earlier this year because I intend to enter it into a few other shows. After that, you better believe it will be put on a bed to be seen and enjoyed.