Hope you are better soon.
I made a sweatshirt quilted jacket (split the front of the sweatshirt and sew strips to it). The finished jacket looked beautiful but I cold barely bend the arms so I made it into a vest that I pretty much wore out. It was very heavy and very warm so it was my go to in the fall and winter. If I made it again I would cut off the sweatshirt sleeves, used them as a pattern for a lightweight slick lining fabric.