I made a rag quilt out of old blue jeans, I even used the pockets, I placed the pocket sq's at each corner of the guilt, and one pocket in the center of the quilt, I used red flannel for the backing of the quilt, and i used the red flannel as well to patch the holes in the jeans, So i could use the hollie part of the jeans as well, I used 1/4 " batting, I anchored each sq, before joinging, So there was no need to tie the quilt, It turned out very well and ragged up beauitfully after 2 washins, You could get creative with these by adding patches of the persons interest, to either the pockets or any place else that suits your fancy.