I love all the ideas. I am leaning towards bonnie hunter's floating stars. i forgot about that pattern. I especially love the first picture in the "recycled shirts" and that may be the second one I make. I was envisioning the pattern (without the sashing) when I first received the shirts. I have 28 shirts and they are all rather large.
I have to laugh. I had to look up half the words in the posts including yoke and placket. Learn something new every day. I also need to save the buttons. Didn't even dawn on me. How wasteful if I had thrown them out.
I would also love to see the tumbling blocks quilt. It is on my to do list but I have the book on how to piece it without Y seams...