This is how I made my first quilt. I made hubby a shirt which I was not pleased with and it hung on the door for a couple of weeks as I tried to work out how to fix it - I had a light bulb moment - why not cut that one shirt up into little shirts and applique them onto blocks for a quilt. I just hate wasting fabric so this is what I did. That quilt is now referred to as "the little shirt quilt". It was made with an hawaiian print fabric and it is one of our favourites.
Go ahead and ask him - he may even offer up another shirt or to for the project. Let us know what happens.