Tutorial

Several of you asked about how to make the t-shirt quilt, so I am going to attempt a quick tutorial that will give you the basic idea. It really is easy, and not super time consuming, though it will take several hours over a few days to do it, unless you are faster than me. Which you probably are.

Here is what you need:

Interfacing. The book I used recommended tricot interfacing, but it is not very sturdy, I was looking for an interfacing with more substance to it, since I am not an expert seamstress. I chose this, and used a JoAnne's coupon for 50% off, so it was only $.50 a yard. I piece the scraps together so I use all of it.

You will also need a cutting mat, a 12 x 12 cutting square and a rotary cutter thingee. (I'm sure that is the technical name for it.)
What is fun about this is you can do it around any theme you want. You can use old concert shirts, shirts from vacations, your kids' sports jerseys, pieces of your baby's blankets or clothing...anything associated with something you want to remember.
You will need 15-30 of them to make a 5' by 6' blanket. With less than 30 shirts, the "blank" squares can be pieced however you wish and can be done with leftover t-shirt parts or any other material.
Cut the shirt up both sides so that it lies (lays?) flat.

Put it on the cutting mat and center the square over the part you want to cut out. Do NOT stretch the shirt, or it will be smaller than you want it.

Now use the rotary thing and cut around the square.

Now do the same thing with the interfacing.

Iron the interfacing on the back of the shirt square. Make sure that the t-shirt and the interfacing stretch in the opposite directions...

Decide how to lay out your quilt.....
You will have 6 rows of 5 squares. Sew the squares in each row together.

Make sure you pin them first, the knits will stretch while you are sewing them if you don't. Unless you are an expert and can get away with not pinning.

I'm not, and I can't.

Now just sew a straight line...

When done with this part, you will have 6 strips.

This is the back...

This is the front...
Now pin the rows together and sew them together.

Quilt however you want.

It's very easy, and will save you lots of money, because the companies that will do it for you cost a fortune.

And it will mean more that you made it.

The End.