Rymer, My heart goes out to you. We have all lost loved ones and the pain and grief takes time. When you are ready there are so manny ideas that have already been shared. I met a woman who lost her nephew at a young age. His mother had kept his T-shirts. It was a real challenge for me to cur them, organize them and them create a memory quilt for her sister. I used stabilizer on the pieces to control the stretching as I sewed.