jbsstrawberry, thank you for your kind words. I am sorry for your loss as well. I'm sure you miss your brother very much.
I have not yet gotten the cloths from my daughter in law. I'm hoping she will be able to turn loose of them. She just sold his car a few weeks ago. I am waiting for her to give them to me but I will probably be like you are and not be able to do it for a while. I'm hoping to be able to get two quilts out of the shirts as he has two daughters. They are still very young, but I hope to be able to give them each a quilt made out of their fathers clothing when they get old enough to know what it means.
Let me know how yours turns out when you get it done. :-) :)