Originally Posted by MommaDorian
Great, thanks!! I wasn't sure if I needed to do something different with a quilt block.
Actually, no! <g> a quilt block is really just a piece of fabric created by stitches holding small pieces together.
If I were making a pillow cover that was going to be removable, I might consider backing the block with some fusible webbing (you can buy it by the yard) so that it would be washable and the raw edges would be protected, OR
This could be fun!
If you took and put a border around it as one quilter just suggested, you could buy some cheap muslin,
put right sides together (block and muslin) using your 1/4" seam allowance, stitch around all sides, leaving a few inches open to turn the quilt block and backing right sides out.
Top stitch the opening closed, and then treat the whole thing as you would a single piece of fabric.
The back of your block would be better protected for washing if the cover were removable. <wave> (Eleanor Burns uses this method to "birth" some of her quilts)