First of all, I very,
very strongly recommend that you starch the living snot out of those homespuns BEFORE you cut anything! Voice of experience, here.
You could make a string quilt, as seen in this blog header:
http://juliekquilts.blogspot.com/
Another one I like a lot is this one (free tutorial!):
http://thethriftyquilter.blogspot.co...e-thrifty.html