How To Make A T Shirt Quilt Easy

Don’t forget to trim the selvedge before sewing and make sure to prepare your backing fabrics the same way you did for your quilt top, washing and ironing as needed. You create your label in a word processing program on your computer.

DIY TShirt Quilt ( No Sewing! ) Quilts, Shirt quilt

This may be the easiest quilt i've ever sewn up, and the most meaningful.

How to make a t shirt quilt easy. Then, you will want short strips to run between each shirt. (this usually won't be a problem when using interfacing.) I made my quilt label using freezer paper.

½” for the seam allowance and the rest. Cut a piece of freezer paper to. Following your now established design pattern, trim your panels.

Sew your stabilized shirts together into rows, stitching each piece into place with the right sides together and pressing each row after sewing. If you have a family member that isn't around anymore, a long distance love, or a baby that's grown up too fast, this is the quilt for you. The backing helps the shirt hold its shape while you cut and sew it.

Make sure you leave around 1.5” of fabric around the edges though; Cut down the sides so you have two pieces of your shirt. Make more interesting sashing strips.

Cut off the excess plush material at the bottom. It's just as easy as it is sentimental! This ran the length of the entire quilt, add up the length of each square plus add one inch in between each shirt.

Place the blanket batting on your work surface and lay your quilt face up on the top surface. Start by cutting off the sleeves and neck ribbing. However, ensure you leave enough fabric to create a ½” seam allowance.

Quilt batting next, you will need to prepare your batting (also known as wadding in the uk and australia). Any level of quilting skill can be used here. The 3rd video is about quilting and binding the quilt;

I needed 15 strips that were 2” longer than each shirt, so 14” long, and then 6 strips that were 53” long. I don’t recommend cutting both layers at the same time if there are logos on both sides. Prepare an 18 foundation fabric square by prewashing, starching, and pressing to create a firm, slightly stiff base for the block.

Basically, the batting and the quilt top are attached to each other and secured with safety pins from the top side. In part 2, we’ll discuss other options and creative touches. (this part gets very messy with plush, don't worry.) 5.

Stitch your completed rows together to complete your quilt front. This tutorial will show you how to do that. Cut fabric of choice to the size of printer paper, which is 8 ½“ x 11″.

Now go show off your creation to your friends and family! Tie the knots all of the way around, just like a tie blanket.

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