CindyHa

I made a t-shirt quilt for a friend and am about to assemble the sandwich and being tying the quilt together.

I have Warm & Natural cotton batting, and the package says quilting can be no more than 10" apart. My squares are 12", so I will need to tie more frequently than just in the corners.

I think it might look weird if I put a tie on the printed part of the design on the block, so wondering what people do to avoid that?

For example, if I want to tie approx every 5", if one of those spots lands on printing, maybe just move it over a smidge and hope it isn't noticeable that the ties are not in perfectly straight lines? Or to heck with it and put a tie in the design print?

I looked for pictures online but all the examples seem to user smaller blocks and the ties are in the intersections of squares and sashing.

Thanks!
Cindy

Quiltwoman44

are your ties to be on the front or the back? the ties show a lot and are part of the design due to that. Perhaps you could tie to the back??

Quiltwoman44

found this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhnWN4ONApI

aashley333

I don't pay attention to the 10" rule for t-shirt quilts. No problems.

feline fanatic

I've done quite a few tied T-shirt quilts. No matter what the batting says, I tied every 3" in the blocks. I made a little felt square to easily space my ties. Ties on the imprints don't look funny and don't distract. One thing to keep in mind, T-shirt quilts combined with an all cotton batting like W&N are heavy especially when wet (during laundering). You are better off putting more ties in than less because the stress on the seams and the material itself is quite demanding when the quilt is wet. More ties will help distribute that stress and keep seams from popping and t-shirts from tearing at the ties.

CindyHa

Thank you for the tip!

Karamarie

Put the ties on the corners like you mentioned and then put 1 in the middle of each square.