How about Minky on the back? That is really soft.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]480625[/ATTACH]Thank you so very much for all the wonderful suggestions and advice, especially those of you who have made this journey:

I'm taking a pass on the pink ribbon fabric, so here is the fabric I've chosen with the help of a nice lady at the LQS. I wanted bright and cheery, but not juvenile. The green at top will be the border, the mauve a smaller inner border, and I'm going to do simple 4" blocks in a pattern so that the blocks follow the color flow above, then offset by one block on the next and each subsequent row (if you catch my drift). It will end up at about 56"X66". I will make a pillow case with the scraps and some plain fabric so she can haul it with her.

From ok what you're telling me, minky would be nice on the back and maybe silk batting for the sake of weight. Is that right? If so, how is minky to work with? I've never used it before and I don't want to mess this up. Will silk batting wash well? I can imagine that this will be washed frequently.

I will choose an encouraging expression and machine embroider it on the back. Is there anything I'm forgetting? Hopefully, I can get this done by early next week.

Toverly made the correct assumption about avoiding the pink ribbon fabric, having gone thru it twice..it's a tough reminder of chemo and while it's a sweet gesture, would be appreciated til later. Anything else is safe and more useable as all others, shown here, by the way is very nice!

I did the same for my sister. She was a tiny person so I didn't make it quite as large, probably 50 x 60. Not too wide because of the size of the chair. She didn't get to use if for very long but she said it was the right size.

I agree with the X on pink and the pink ribbon.

Your quilt will be beautiful...bright and cheery...just what she needs. Perfect fabric choice.

Dina

I used fleece for backing...nice and soft on the skin. FLannel would work, too. I made it big enough to cover a person from neck to a bit below the hips. Not too bulky to carry to treatments that way. Next time, i would add some kind of tie/strap so it could be folded and held together sort of sleeping bag/camping style.
Edited to add: I didn't use batting. Fleece was enough and helped keep it lightweight.

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I made this quilt for a friend to take to her chemo treatments. (If you have an embroidery machine I can email you the quotes) if not you can get the stamped panel and cut them out. I sandwiched them with batting, used my machine with a small ziz zag then fringed. I sewed them on after it was quilted. Backed it with white flanel and she absolutely loves it. Carried it to every a treatment.

Your fabrics remind me of a desert sunset. Very nice fabric choices and good for you to avoid the cliche pink ribbon theme. I'm sure this person will greatly appreciate what you've done.

This "WHAT CANCER CANNOT DO" quilt was easy to put together. Each color represents a type of cancer and it may encourage someone else taking treatments. The purple border represents the caretakers.[ATTACH=CONFIG]480721[/ATTACH] The back was made with minky fabric.

I definitely would not make a "pink" quilt but an Irish chain is super easy. Here is one I made for a cousin.
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