Regarding giving quilts to friends and relatives: I often think quilting is under-appreciated by those who have never tried it. Even with machine piecing, and precuts and rotary cutters and machine quilting, it is still a lot of work! Done as a labor of love for a relative--just don't know if they always care about it as much as we would like. Total strangers receiving one? Would a fleece throw from Wally World make them just as happy?
I hope you will prove me wrong here.
I know I sure look at quilts with a different frame of reference now, particularly hand pieced ones. Wow.