wow, quite a few ideas here ... I will be using batting, but its a thinner pellon batting. I think my biggest headache will be the extra seams joining all my strips which will add bulk - because I have added lots of strips pieced together. What I mean here, is that to make the 6 long strips for the single bed size quilt blanket, each of these strips are pieced in cross wise pieces - some of these are whole pieces of 4 or 5 inches wide, other cross strips are pieced with 2 or 3 pieces. I promise to show a picture, maybe in the weekend.
I will too have a practice run with a smaller block - it could be a painfully slow exercise in hand quilting otherwise LOL