Originally Posted by GramMER

Your blocks are incredible! What a task you have ahead of you, but you and he will both like the end result I am sure.

I would like to caution you about one thing. Silk ravels terribly! I would use the smallest stitches possible or maybe even use a tiny bit of FrayCheck on the very edges of the seams. I had a quilt made of beautiful Indian sarees and sari borders and it came apart at the seams before it was ever washed.