Originally Posted by QuiltE
Seeing that you have said they aren't quilted ......... what about cutting off the edge and making them back into blocks.
That way you'd have the front embroidered design and you'd get rid of the bulk in the centre. Plus the backing fabric (which I'm guessing is the same as the front?) would give you blocks to use in your project.
I had something like that and just chopped off the edges and used the blocks in a quilt