maybe you'd like crumb quilting? Fabric good to the last stith?
http://quiltville.com/crumbspf.html
some crumb quilt images
https://www.google.com/search?q=crum...w=1366&bih=638
because of all the fabric that will go into a block, I'd use phone book paper, or tissue, something I could take off once the block was made and trimmed to size. To reduce weight.