I totally agree with MadQuilter. Quilting closer is better than farther, especially if the quilt would be washed. You don't want the batting either coming apart or bunching
Originally Posted by
MadQuilter
I generally use W&N batting but I always quilt closer than the recommended maximum distance. Your blocks look to be about 12" which is too wide to leave unquilted. Even at 10" I wouldn't like the center piece to "flop" around. Since your blocks have pictures, you could quilt each block to capture the picture outline of the T-shirt message.