When I was home in January, my mom gave me the quilt her grandma made her when mom was a young girl. It's pieced of rectangles, each probably about 10 inches by 4 inches. Fabric: old and shiny...nothing organic going on...I'm going to say "acetate, mostly". It was tied together over a wool blanket, with a shiny acetate (again, guessing) backing
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I'd vote for photographing it well in really good light (maybe with some close-ups) and then make the pillow.
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....okay, I'll say it. It's kinda ugly. I mean... it's a mid-to-late-50s girl's bedspread. It looks like it. It was lovingly made, but it's not something I'd want on my wall or my bed...
I'll take pictures and post 'em to give you all an idea of what I'm talking about.
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However, personally, from a "what the hell am I going to do with this thing" viewpoint, I think this is yet another argument in favor of the pillow.
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I don't think I could actually bear to take scissors to it, though...
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