yea do it all the time - buying cotton shirts etc at GW and SA etc. Also cut up my sons old dress shirts into 6" blocks and made a simple quilt just sewing them all together - was doing just for fun between projects so just used an old mattress pad (quilted one) and an old sheet on the back. I was going to just use it for a quick cover up while watching tv. my dau came home from college and found it and latched on to it swearing it was the most comfortable quilt she had (meaning she took it!)