lisalovesquilting

Yes. I agree with this. Have not done it myself, but a friend quilted over the design and got puckers. BTW you did a marvelous job.

Lara122

very pretty!!

My sister runs, I will suggest this to her! ;0)

rosiewell

I did several t shirt quilts, I always start in the middle and I quilt the straight lines first with a walking foot and then I lightly quilt the inside design (around the logo or across) I never had any puckering problems

MaryC

Dear ChrisD:

I have made at least 25 T-shirt quilts so far & I use my long arm & quilt over the entire shirt. Did you use any type of fusible interfacing on the T-shirts before your sewed them together? Using fusible interfacing prevents the puckering of the T-shirts. I use Pellon cotton fusible interfacing myself & it works out fine. I have seen some T-shirt quilts that people have made not using a interfacing (not on this site) that are lumpy & stretched out which is not what you want to see on a quilt. Good luck & congratulations on your first quilt. Now you are officially hooked on quilting. Mary C - Naperville, IL

Pat M.

I have made a few of these quilts. Stitch in the ditch first. Then quilt around each design but not on top of design. It really depends on the type of screen print they used. Some of the shirts have a heavy/rubber feel and others are nice and soft. The soft ones you can quilt on top of and leave no needle holes. The heavy one will leave holes. I quilt around each letter and the main design some times, where there is no pattern I do small patterns that match the shirt design. On the boarders I usually do a wavy or straight design. On your's I would use foot prints.

Momma_K

Awesome! It says ALL male! Love it!!

rosimone

I have done two t-shirt quilts for my son. I tied both of them and tried to use embroidery floss on the shirt parts that sort of matched the picture. I have had to re-tie one after many, many washings and much use. Good luck!

callen

Very nice quilt. Love it.

diamondee

I have no answer as I have not made a T-shirt quilt. I just wanted to say that as your first quilt I think you did a great job!

Taughtby Grandma

I like your placement of the blocks. I've tied many quilts using knitting yarn and they've held up for years. If using the invisible thread I found out you need to use .05 or stronger for quilting to keep it from breaking.