Know what you mean, I just cut up 27 shirts that my son-in-law can't wear since he gained weight and the sleeves are too short now also. He is a big guy, that's a lot of fabric to play with, plain, striped, and plaids, will make a cozy quilt. I think I will use them to make the quilt shown on page 33 of Quilt Almanac. The shirts are very similar to the fabrics used in that quilt. Theirs is out of flannels, and it was designed by Barbara Campbell.