Thread: How do I proceed from this point with this crazy thing?

When I had a "job", we used to get fabric samples that sometimes did not need to be returned to the designer or manufacturer/showroom.
Since they were my responsibility, those that I could keep I did, and for the most part the ones I saved were silk or non-cotton drapery samples. Many had the fabric content on them so I knew for sure they were 100% silk.

I have been so ready to work on a new quilt and even though I have a couple others in the planning stage, I felt this one could be whipped up in a hurry and allow for the most creativity.
A local fabric shop was moving and so I stocked up on 100% cotton muslin (on sale) to make this foundation crazy quilt. I also got some nice embroidery thread to embellish it with - odd colors for 6 CENTS each! At this point, I have used up just about everything I have and made 47-10.5x10.5 squares. (Four squares got left out of the photo inadvertently.) That is an odd number so I am hoping to squeeze at least one more out of the scraps.
I don't really have a design wall and these are not laid out with any particular plan.

Should I do 8x6? Or something else?
What do you all think about using a lightweight wool for batting?
And what should I put on the back? Silk is either cold or hot...
And I should embroider it before I layer it, right? I love the hand work...
And tie the layers together?

Thanks for looking - and for your advice and thoughts.

If you are going to embroider it, do the embroidery before you sew it together. You could put a sashing between the blocks if you want it bigger. As for the backing, I would get it completed and then think about the backing.

I agree you should embroider before you put it together. Personally I wouldn't put silk on the back as I think it might be too slippery?

A good quality muslin would be a good back.....

I love your colors. I would start to embroider but measure the square before and after. That will tell you the size. Make sure the embroidery thread is color fast so it does not fade. Take a small piece of each color, wet it and roll it in a paper towel. If it fades into the towel, do not use it. Best of luck with it.

I love the random look. I would do a decorative embroidery stitch on each seam, doing each block individually before sewing them together, then doing the seams where the blocks were joined.

Oh, this will be a beautiful quilt once it is done! I saw a trunk show by this quilter who uses dupioni silk for her gorgeous quilts. And she uses her DSM for quilting. Her batting choice is the Warm'n'Natural brand. I don't remember what she used for the backings, though.