My grandmothers both had, and used, "quilts" which were wool blankets covered with large patches of a variety of cottons, some floral, some striped. Not pretty patchwork patterns, but a way of creating something a bit pretty while using every scrap they had. Still being used when I was a kid (50's/60's)
These were around WW2, every thing on ration in the UK. My mother told me she even knitted a sweater from darning wool since that was not on ration.