We share in your loss. I wish I had words to convey my sorrow for you.
This past Quilter's Anonymous show in Monroe, WA had a quilt that was made from the quilter's husband's shirts. She had a note about how she was able to wrap it around her and give herself an extra hug... It happened to be a design I was working on at the time, I was using up a bunch of leftover Y2K 2.5" squares. She used his solid blue and basic work shirts as the background, with the squares being plaids and prints and stronger colors. You do have a partial seam in the block to deal with but other than that it is very straightforward in design, cutting, etc.
Block is old, traditional, "Flying Squares". Here's a picture of my project as I was putting on the my border. I wish I was sharing it under better circumstances
