I have given several of my quilts away as gifts to friends and family. I love to quilt too so I am making a pile of them and have set them aside for charity quilts, not sure yet where they will go. It can almost break your heart when you work really hard on a quilt, give it to someone and then they treat it differently than you like. I gave a beautiful quilt to a dear friend who loved it and then put it on the guest bed so her brother could use it when he visits. I expect he will take it home someday knowing him. Dogs have chewed two quilts that I gave to DD, so far, none have become dog beds, yet.......