What Happened to my Quilt?

I have made, and gifted, many quilts since I began the craft in 2016. Sometimes I wonder about a gifted quilt. Did the recipient like the gift? Did they use the gift? Did they appreciate the gift? Rarely does the sewist know. Rarely does one get any feedback. 

Several years ago my son approached me about making a quilt for him. He first asked if I could repair a quilt he received from a girl friend years ago - sadly, many of the fabrics had disintegrated, and repairing it would have required remaking the quilt.  

So, I began cutting and turning, twisting and trimming, and finally put together a quilt for my son. I do recall that the Mister and I FaceTimed when he went off on a foray for more fabrics for this quilt. 

A few months later I visited my friend and we used her long arm machine to quilt my son's quilt. 

So, that was 2019. Now....in 2025, my son tells me he has just purchased a new, synthetic blanket to replace the quilt I made him. He tells me that sadly, the quilt I made him has "bit the dust".  

The binding of the quilt has frayed. 

I told him that I could put new binding on the quilt.

Then he tells that some of the blocks are falling apart. 

Wow! It's amazing to see fabric really disintegrate!

Well, it tells me that the quilt I made was well thought of, well loved and used....every day/night! This makes me proud to be a quilt maker! 

Now...time to make another quilt for my dear son!