I like to use up most of my scraps from a project in a pillow-case style bag to hold the quilt. I tell the recipient to wash this cover about as often as they do the quilt itself. If the quilt should need repairs down the road, I can use the fabrics from the bag, which will be appropriately aged to match the quilt. Nobody has taken me up on this offer yet (and I've been doing this for about 20 years) so either my quilts are holding up well, or it's not all that great an idea to non-quilters. LOL
RST