Originally Posted by rj.neihart

Beautiful silk! Love the embroidery! I was blessed with 150 silk scarves, from a friend who collected them for 60 years! I hand washed each one, air dried, and decided to make a few quilts. Some of these scarves came from other countries, with absolutely gorgeous designs. It took 9 scarves to make a large quilt top - then I hand quilted. I will admit, it was a challenge and I worried constantly about snagging the fabric. I took my time, and it came out beautiful! I wanted to keep each design original, this was my reason for not cutting the designs out of each scarf. I had to make sure the quilted stitches were about an inch apart, as I was afraid the scarves would shrink when washed in the machine. They all came out fantastic, and I couldn't see any new shrinkage. I used clear thread for the quilting. This is the warmest quilt we have!