T-Shirt Quilt

I love T-shirts!!

They don't fray so they don't need to be serged and they are so easy to re purpose. This quilt though I have to say was not my idea. My sister Stephany is also very crafty and came to me with this idea and we decided to take it on. First she got lots of T-shirts from all her friends that are leaving on missions. We picked out the ones with bright colors and started cutting them out.

They don't all have to be going the same direction we put some side ways to make it fun.

First you want to line them all up on the floor and match them up like a puzzle. Make one big square and fill in the little areas with extra material from the T-shirts.

We didn't serge the edges, T-shirts don't fray so you don't need to do that. Little by little take pieces and start sewing them together.

We wanted this to be as low cost as possible so instead of buying batting we used an old blanket in between.

Then we cut a corduroy material that I had. (I got this at a yard sale, a whole box full of material for $10, Steal!) Cut about 2 and a half inches more around the edges.

I am not a quilter and this was our first time, so we just made this up. There was probably an easier way to do the edges but this wasn't too hard either. We went around the edges and measured and folded the Corduroy in and sewed by hand. The stitches don't need to be close together or small, this is just to hold your material in place so that you can sew it on the machine. Make sure to pin the middle of your quilt so that it doesn't move around.
Lastly sew along the edges of each T-shirt and you are done! You can also do other designs with a quilting machine.

If you have questions please leave me a comment or send me a message on facebook.

Happy Quilting!!

T-shirts- FREE
Batting Blanket- FREE
Corduroy Material- $1.00 (roughly)
Time- 3 to 4 hours.
Total- $1.00!