So, after I painted the plywood background, I laid window screening over it  (my "batting) and held it down with the metal tape.  Then  I took all those little bits of balsa wood, painted them, decorated them and laid them on the batting - more - after the jump:



I painted the balsa wood with simple craft paints from the dollar store, and then embellished some of the painted squares with  manipulated copper wire, copper round thingys (don't be intimidated by my technical jargon);





or upholstrery tacks.  I then further decorated them with more paint and a gold leafing pen.

The end result is a 30 x 34" 'quilt" made out of wood and wire and mesh that still looks quite "quilt-like". I'm pleased with it as a first attempt and just finished the "real" piece for the challenge (which I'll post tomorrow - and which comes with a giveaway).

                   

 In the meantime, I quite like my "unusual materials" quilt for what it is - and hope you do to too. :)