I really didn't want any of my quilts used until we had an ice storm and the whole city was without power for almost a week in sub-zero weather. All my neighbors came begging for quilts to use until they could get power back. I couldn't say no even though it caused me to cringe inside. I just made a list of who had which quilt. But when the power came back on and the quilts found their way home my neighbors had discovered that I did more than make blankets as they thought. They praised my workmanship and color since and told me how wonderful it was to have such beautiful things to curl up and get warm with. A couple of the guys fell so in love with the quilts they borrowed they ended up buying them. And they were nothing more than rail fence quilts made out of husbands old flannel shirts! Now all my quilts get used on a regular basis and I no longer revere the quilts I make. Life is much easier that way.