I'm currently working on a throw for one of my grandson's former teachers. Her dad died and she wanted me to use her dad's shirts to make a throw for her stepmom. After I agreed, she said that she wanted it like a friend's throw. I looked at the finished one that had the shirts cut into rectangles with the front (buttons and all)sewn together and matching backs of the shirts as the backing. It had no batting (groan) so it was very flimsy. I'm not comfortable making something so flimsy, so I'm adding batting. I've cut all the shirts to the same size, then worked in strips. I'm using a "quilt as you go" method.