So I've been battering about the idea of how to make a quilt top with different weights of recycled knits and woven fabrics. I figure I will need to stabilize each square, so the finished top doesn't go all wonky and squidgy. The fabrics are coming from a collection of soon to be deconstructed baby clothes. See how they will be different weights and fabrics? So I've started a trial mini-quilt made from grease spattered old t-shirts of mine. (Why can't I learn to always, ALWAYs use an apron?) I'm using the same light weight stabilizer I use for my foundation pieced quilts, and to my surprise, my trial quilt is actually coming together the way I visualized it.
The foundation doesn't make the top stiff, or scratchy, as I'd feared. The mini-top is soft and cozy, and thick and lovely. And (score!) the wonky stretch that would come from all those different knits is totally negated.
Anybody out there done a project like this?
How did you do it?