vovoa

There are all kinds of layouts. Here's one I made using my nephews t shirts. I also added a couple pictures of him and his brother.

ManiacQuilter2

Be sure to tell her that t-shirt quilts are quite heavy. I made over 6 t-shirt quilts and I used the lightweight Pellon with no problems. I used a 15" square to cut the shirts after you apply the fusible interfacing. I hope that you are not planning to hand quilt this quilt.

Here are some tutorial videos to watch. Good luck Don!
https://www.google.com/search?q=yout...utf-8&oe=utf-8

btiny36

Awesome t-shirt quilts...thanks for sharing

brandeesmom

I cut the tee shirts apart as large as possible then I ironed on a thin fusible to the backs to prevent stretching then just went ahead as though they were just regular cotton fabrics. [ATTACH=CONFIG]553198[/ATTACH]

celwood

Missouri Quilt Company has a tut on T-shirt patterns

KathyM

The book 'How to Make a Too Cool T-shirt Quilt' by Andrea T. Funk is very helpful.

Jakers1

In my class, one of the ladies made 2 T shirt quilts, both queen sized. She cut the shirts to the largest size she could get to show the printing and photo on the front, then ironed on the interfacing. There is a trick to that. T shirt material stretches in one direction - make sure you iron on the interfacing stretching in the OPPOSITE direction so that the t shirt does not stretch while you are making the quilt. After ironing, then she cut the shirts down to size, not before. She made the blocks, then connected them with sashing and the quilts were great when done.

klswift

there are many, many videos on T-shirt quilts. BUT, the best I have seen is a video by Eleanor Burns' Quilt in a Day series. She has some very basic advice and hints and ways to piece not only big pics, but also small pocket logos and sleeve writings. I went in search of good simple videos to have the site to pass on to my customers and by far hers is the best basic info video. Some of the videos I watched were so poor I found myself yelling at the computer! Also, one of the bits of advice I give to my customers is to break it down into sections - pick the shirts, stabilize and cut the shirts, layout (over and over and over again) the design, sew rows, sew rows together, then sandwich, etc. If you do it in bits, it does not seem so overwhelming. Sort of like eating an elephant - just one bite at a time.

Jannie

Here is a YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW6vlC-qr4Q) I found very helpful. Also, when I laid it out, I found graph paper helpful. I noticed a little bit of waving in the final border. My long armer said if you need to sew 2 pieces together to make it long enough not to use a diagonal line. Use a straight across seam to prevent this. I did use t-shirt fabric for the final border. The t-shirts I had was all different sizes so doing a straight set wasn't going to work for me. I will try and figure out how to do pictures and post one. Have fun with it and let us see your finished quilt.

pegquilter8

Oh and I have just finished assisting my niece in making one for a friend. I use the rest of the shirt for piecing motifs to complete front. Use simple motifs: rail fence, checkerboard an piano keys are my go to. Have used the pellon litweight and knit-fuse with great success. I just buy whole bolts so I am always ready to start another. As soon as someone takes away a finished quilt, I get a request to make another.