I have quilts from 3 previous generations. We have one son and he doesn't have children. I have great pleasure seeing two of the very worn quilts residing on armchairs in the LR to protect the chairs from the cat who loves to scratch. Somehow she figures the quilts are not to be scratched. Looking at the quilts gives me comfort in remembering the great grandmother who was a widow from the late 1940's until she died in the 1970s. She took over running the farm and raised 4 foster children to help make ends meet. She still had time to make quilts with her community. I like all that these quilts represent. No harm in that. When the quilts fall apart or when I'm gone, well, the quilts will have served their purpose. "To every thing there is a season."