Ideas for making quilts using heavier, non-cotton fabrics
My daughter gave me a *lot* of retired fabric samples from a company that sells fabric to designers (to be used in drapes, upholstery, etc.). These samples vary in texture, fabric content, weight, etc. and most have larger patterns than we typically find in quilting fabric. Some of the samples are pretty large - almost a yard - and others are smaller. There are repeats of most of them. Once before my guild received similar fabrics from a furniture store, and we used them to make bags for a local women's shelter. We may do the same with some of these fabrics too, but I'm looking for ideas for using them in quilts. I also wonder if any of you have made quilts from fabrics like this, and how did it work out?