I used very pretty spring flower pillow panels for one for my MIL when she went into the nursing home and didn't even cut them apart. I just put some borders on it, tied it and put a binding on. It took two days to complete from idea to on her bed. Backed it with flannel and used high loft batting. She loved it, said it kept her snuggly warm. I also wrote on it with a permanent pen whose it was, who made it and to whom it was to be returned.