Some years ago I had the same idea, but the quilt that took so
long to make wound up being WAY too heavy. So I cut it down
and made each daughter a pretty, show-off lap robe, lined with
added teal poly over the backing, for strength. NO way was I
going to pick out all those stitches to remove that backing!!
I did stitch through it in some places, catching the backing in
a few pretty shapes here and there, echoing the odd shapes
from the front.