I made one years ago after seeing a vintage silk one in a book on quilts. A sick boy had made it, sewing by hand to pass the time until he got well. There are probably tutorials online or, if you're lucky, in a book from the library.
As I recall, the top squares are cut larger than the bottom. My instructions had me taking a tuck in the middle of each side. After sewing 3 sides of the top and bottom together, the biscuit would be stuffed and the fourth seam sewn to close the biscuit.
One piece of advice. ***Understuff*** the biscuits! I stuffed each of mine too full and, after sewing all of the biscuits together, I had a hard, unattractive result. Also, overstuffing made the biscuits very difficult to sew together on the machine.
After sewing all the biscuits together (by hand or machine), you put a backing on the quilt to cover the seams, then tack in-between biscuits to hold the backing to the top. How often you tack depends on you.
I will say that the silk biscuit quilt in the library book was absolutely stunning! I also think this makes a better hand project than it does a sewing machine project, although I did use the sewing machine for it.
Last edited by Prism99; 02-10-2014 at 02:00 AM.