Many months ago I wrote a post that had some people up in arms and others nodding their heads in agreement. I wrote that I hoped that people would have sex on the quilts I give them and not fold them up like precious objects never to be touched or used. Many quilts are being made and given this season. It is my hope that all of them are loved and well used even if the horizontal hula is not part of the action they see. 
You can have sex on my quilt, in fact please do.
Yes, have hot sex on my quilt or use it for a picnic blanket if you fancy a day at the park. Or better yet let your kids make a fort out of it and play under it with a flashlight and a hidden stash of cheese crackers. And if I might be so bold, wrap your sick pup in it while taking them to the vet. There is nothing like a quilt for comfort.
I made you a quilt to be loved and used and to be part of all the parts of your life. I am well aware of what happens in life. Birth and death and if you’re lucky more than a bit of sex in between.
( If you would like to read more of that post you can click here You Can Have Sex on My Quilt )
Just for fun I have made you a quilt label printable that you can iron on to some fabric and make you very own BadAss quit labels. If you would like to print one for yourself just click on the image and it should take you to the mirrored PDF version of this file. Just save that to your harddrive and when ready, print it onto transfer paper. My favorite type is Transfer Artist Paper by Leslie Riley. After printed and then ironed onto your label fabric use a fabric safe, acid free pen to fill in the details like your name, their name and when you made it.. then check off those boxes!
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A silk fabric quilt that I made for my best friend’s 60th birthday has just been refurbished. She’s now 76 and the India silk fabric I pieced together had begun to shatter. I layered a synthetic see-thru fabric from the bridal section over the top and added machine quilting between the lines of my hand quilting to give it new life for the rest of hers. Quilts are made to be used. It’s also good to know that soiled fabric wears out faster than clean fabric does. Do NOT hesitate to wash your quilts. Use a short gentle cycle and find a place to spread it out to air dry ( spin dry a few minutes to get the wrinkles out … any longer and the fabrics “take a beating”).
Quilts, like sex, are a part of life. Much better than a scratchy blanket.
Mary Ellen Hopkins is laughing in heaven over this. She wrote the original “The It’s Okay if You Sit on My Quilt” book, and had a great sense of humor.
I have a dear friend that made me lots of precious things and told me that each one—especially the quilt–should die a slow, natural death. Meaning use the heck out of it and love it through it’s lifetime. Best advice she ever gave me. 🙂
I often tell people I give my quilts to that if I find it on a wall I reserve the right to repossess it. Quilts are meant to be used and I will always do repairs if they need it.
Unless they have sex on it while hanging on the wall. Then kudos and brava!
What a great label! Thanks Maddie.
Reminds me of the advice we give our Quilt of Valor recipients. Now, we don’t go so far as to tell them to have sex on it (many award ceremonies are family events, gotta keep it G-rated). But we do ask them to keep it on or near their favorite chair or recliner or sofa. We tell them that it’s ok for loved ones of the two-legged or four-legged variety to snuggle with them beneath it. And, as my state coordinator puts it, if you’re wartching your favorite sports team, and they do something wonderful or something incredibly stupid and you accidentally share your snack with your quilt, that’s ok too. It can go in a home washing machine and dryer – in fact, it already has.
At one ceremony, a father of young children expressed concern about letting his infant child near it. A friend of mine asked him what he’d do if the baby threw up or pooped on the shirt he was wearing. I’d wash it, he said. She then pointed out that the quilt’s fabrics were very similar to his shirt.
A beautiful quilt can become an heirloom – but the memories made with it make it even more valuable.
I made a fertility in the past. Some quilts are fir being cozy, some for making love, some for warmth and very few for hanging.