I am really sorry about your grandson. Here in Kingsport,tenn we have aFun Fest every year and I made a tshirt quilt last year with all the shirts though the years. I cut the front of them out and then I sewed them in rows and I put my batting and hot air balloon fabric on the back and then I took all my leftover tshirt material and madetwo strips of squares on the front and when I was done it was really pretty-I will get my daughter to post it on here for me.