craftgrrl | Quilting ideas- HELP! (Reply)

I need some help with ideas! My boyfriend is leaving at the end of next summer to either:

A. Move to California with our friend to play music and hang out for a year

or

B. Move to Idaho to go to college and study music like a mad man.

I know that's about a year away, but I have decided that for his going away/graduation gift I am going to make him a quilt that basically reflects the past two years that we've spent together, and how much we've loved each other. I'm getting a super early start, because I know that it's going to be a long and drawn out process.

I need so much help though. I know how to make a simple quilt, which is what I'm going to do. But I don't quite know what to put on it/make it out of, so that it is unique.

Help help help! I want creative ideas and romantic suggestions for things I could do. Thank you so much!