Quilting designs for t shirt quilts

My client brought me a number of t shirts, mainly her University of Northern Iowa college shirts that she had cut and interfaced. She asked if I could make a throw size quilt. I was sure that I cou…

Instead, you can give them a more meaningful new purpose by turning them into a T-shirt quilt!

I wish I knew who to attribute this to, found it in a Facebook post. Fantastic setting using half square triangles.

Main - Tee shirt quilt top - Originally Posted by soccertxi I have used both cotton and jersey in a quilt with a cotton batt. I interface with Tricot (a knit fusible interfacing I buy at JoAnns) but I have friends who have used a light weight non woven fusible with good result. Here is a picture of one of my quilts. I

Eighteen t-shirts were cut down into 12" squares to make this quilt. 5 tonal fabrics were used and a multi-pattern with all of the colors was used to border the quilt. What a great keepsake.

I knew I wanted to make my son a t-shirt quilt, so I saved some of his t-shirts over the years. When I started laying them out, I realized I had more than I needed. I also realized that I had seve…

Leaving a quilt unfinished is like shaving only half your moustache. It’s like mixing up cookie dough and never baking the cookies. It’s like planting an apple tree and letting the apples fall to the ground unpicked. What a waste! If you’re going to spend the time and effort to construct an awesome quilt top, do yourself a huge favor and finish it so it can be used and enjoyed! This week I’m demonstrating how to baste and quilt a t-shirt quilt. (You can learn how to make the quilt top HERE.)…

As t-shirt quilts regain their popularity, I am frequently asked about the types of materials and garments that can be included. Here’s the pickle with sports jerseys: they aren’t always solid fabric.

Yep, I’ve never made a t-shirt quilt. Well, I made two rag t-shirt quilts back in 2004 for some friends. I didn’t interface them, instead I ironed the shirt to some batting, and then quilted them with a simple X ...like you’re supposed to do rag quilts. The reason I did