What matters:

• The quilt must be structurally strong and durable
• made from natural fibres - other than small areas of embellishment
• reversible.
  

Fabrics:

Cotton

• procion-dyed
• deep-dye commercial plains
• commercial patterns
• Cotton velvet
  

Linen

Silk

• velvet
• dupion
• noil
• habotai
  

Viscose satin

Recycled - particularly fabrics from childhood garments

Size and dimensions:

• to fit a standard double bed - approx. 140 x 190 cm
• no obvious 'right way up', so I shall make it square.
• allowing side-overhang of 30-40 cm
• preliminary design ideas suggest a finished size of 210 x 210 cm