Thread: T-shirt Quilt help!

You will cut the tee shirts at the shoulders and the side seams. Then fuse interfacing on the back. I use a light weight Pelon interfacing. I lay the tee shirt face down on a teflon pressing shirt and steam the interfacing to the wrong side of the tee shirt. Then and only then, cut the tee shirt to the size blocks you want. Yes you can add strips of fabric to make them all the same size if you want to. Tee shirt quilts are a good time to use your imagination. You can add patches and appliques and pretty much anything you want. I added a picture of the tee shirt quilt I made for my son for graduation. I will be happy to answer questions if you need help. I hope this helps. You can see the scout patches I added. I made this in 4 "strips the length of the quilt and put them together with a sashing. There are strips between the tee shirts for some stability.

Just to give you another option this is how I like to make mine shirts sewn to each other without the use of sashing. I do use light weight pellon the only thing I would do different is cut the shirts all at sizes divisible by 3. Ie 6.5 x6.5 *or 6.5x9.5 12.5x12.5. It would have made putting the puzzle together easier. . This is pieces and parts of more than 60 shirts.

Originally Posted by ArlaJo

Thanks and I thought 16 shirts were a lot... I loke both options...

It is kind of a hot mess but it's exactly what she wanted. It belongs to my oldest daughter and the shirts date all the way back to kindergarten and through her under grad graduation. . I wanted to have it quilted but she wanted it tied and very puffy. . About a month after I finished it we were cleaning out a closet and found 12 shirts we missed arghhhhhhh I'm either going to make patches for the back or a scarf I found on Pintrest. .

I would do an advance search on T-shirt quilts and look at all the t0shirt quilts that have been posted. So many interesting but simple designs. Just watch your iron from touching any of the paint on the front of the t-shirt.

Remember there is a difference between fusible interfacing and double sided fusible used for applique. You want lightweight interfacing which is a thin fabric ( some look like dryer sheets) that has fusible on one side. The interfacing keeps the knit fabric stable while working with it. And, instead of utube watching until your head is spinning just google T-shirt quilts images and browse the pictures for ideas/ inspiration see how others have had fun making them