I am in the process of making a signature quilt for my son. the town held a benefit supper to raise money for him for his medical expenses as he is fighting PMP (psuedomyxoma peritonei). I cut fabric in 12 inch wide strips long enough to fit his hospital bed. I stabilized it using iron on tear off stabilizer and then put the strips at the guest book table and provided sharpie fine point pens to use to sign the fabric strips. I sewed alternating strips of fabric between the signature strips and now am ready to back it and quilt it. In the past I have made other ones for benefits, weddings, family reunions where the quilt was already pieced together and lightly quilted around the areas that needed to be signed. These have turned out fine and some are still being used almost on a daily basis. the first time the quilt is washed, put some vinegar into the water to help set the signatures to keep them from fading.