Well here's my two clucks worth of advice... Fat quarters would be my chosen fabrics for another chicken quilt. Any more than that and you feel obligated to use it up and then the quilt loses its randomness.
And that's what you're looking for... a randomness.
I paper-pieced, did traditional quilt blocks, made sections of borders ( flying geese, checkerboard, etc) and a whole lot of applique.
Let me get the quilt out again and take a pic... then I'll start a thread where we can post some pics all together. Marcia started this and has done two (or is it three?) quilts. I was next and Melissa posted hers recently. SO its all Marcia's inspiration.
Be back with a pic and a new post in a few minutes!