Well, I saw a really cool art quilt at the Pacific West Quilt show a couple of weekends ago. The lady had taken an old quilt from her family and embelished it with corn stalks (to reflect her family history) and birds and stuff. It was really cool. I only took pics with my phone and don't know how to download them. Plus the quality is bad. Maybe applique something over the bare spots. And if you use Warm & White batting the backing fabric won't show through.
I found my cable! Sorry it is such a bad shot, but you get the general idea.