Cut them up, of course. Play with the combinations of shapes and colors. Using paste and paper, design your own quilt patterns. The sounds are very different than your room at home.
Quilts can help the loneliness of a hospital night.
See how some teenagers at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital have helped to cozy the hospital nights. Write a short proposal to the hospital board of directors to convince them this would be a great project for their hospital. The memorial quilt for AIDS victims weighs that much. The quilt is over 25 football fields wide. Check out the exact dimensions of the quilt and the countries in which it has been exhibited.