I love the feel of corduroy fabric for clothes, pants or skirts even shirts.
But to the point, The first quilt I ever made, I used a poly blend for the background and then appliqued small corduroy animals. I thought I was inventing something new. I sewed all by hand with a blind stitch and did that fabric ever ravel. I look at it now and cannot believe it.
I do not recomend using if for applique and it makes a somewhat heavy quilt. It can be used in large pieces to back or just to have different textures.