glennis over at shibori girl sent these to me a while ago. (check to see how they were made!) i want to do a patchwork piece with them. but they are so sheer and fragile.
now i am looking at them and wondering what if i stabilze them first by sewing them to a lofty foundation. this may also give them a pillow effect for textured quilting as well.
some contrast to the other fabric they are pieced with... to enhance their lightness. let them float up off the surface.
i will mount them on some pale pink cotton velvet. i don't have any white anyway and the worst that could happen is that the white will warm up the white areas a bit.
update 1:
...i had a bit of a problem with the method i chose and instead i wnt to a paper piecing method, ironing the silk squares to freezer paper and leaving the paper in as i sewed the pieces together english paper piecing style. i will insert the loft behind the silk squares only, to prepare for some trapunto quilting.(continued ...)