My SIL did this for her mom (my MIL) for a 50th wedding anniversary gift. She snatched all the old hankies and linens my MIL was going to toss. They had been her mother's and grandmother's. Thank goodness they were saved. That woman throws out everything. Well, it looked beautiful and of course MIL cried and cried. All those memories she was discarding that Sandy saved for her.
The body of the quilt was regular cotton and heavier decorator fabric with the napkins and such tucked here and there. Very pretty. She had it longarmed.