Nanna-up-north...it's not appliqued. I am amazed it worked out as well as it did. Once I cut the t-shirts and put them on the dinning table, I arranged the way I thought it looked best. Then I just added sashing to each with fabric I had on hand. I went from there and it worked out....my daughter picked out the yellow 'star' material and thought that should be the background. It is a loose quilted quilt.....in other words it is more like a tied quilt, so it will be comfy one to snuggle with.