Be sure to reverse stitch at the top and bottom to keep from pulling apart. Sew down the right side lengthwise using a 1/2 inch seam allowance. Take your first block – the first block on top of your pile should be the one you had in the top left corner – and place the second block on top of the first block right sides together. It is a workhorse and I have been extremely happy. After reading reviews and doing some research, I decided on the Singer Heavy Duty 4411. I decided it was about time I bought a new machine. But eventually the straight stitch was no longer straight and I didn’t want to spend $100 to get it serviced because it was an older machine. I only spent $8 on my very first sewing machine that I bought at a garage sale! I used it for many years and it was awesome. With all the t-shirt quilts and sewing projects I’ve been making, I wanted a really good sewing machine without breaking the bank. You can use any sewing machine for this project as long as it has the straight stitch and the zigzag stitch. The best way to keep them in order is to start from the top left and pick up the first square and every square after that one goes underneath the one before it. You’ll be able to refer back to the picture in case the blocks get out of order. (For privacy reasons, I have blocked out the name on the shirts.) When you are satisfied with the layout, take a picture. You might have to move some blocks around before you are satisfied with how it looks. The easiest way for me is to lay all the squares on the floor.

Now that you have all of your blocks cut, it’s time to decide how you want your t-shirt quilt layout to look.

I use my cutting mat, rotary cutter and clear ruler and line it up and cut along the clear ruler.Īll of your shirt blocks should be the same size as shown in above picture. Now it’s time to cut out your blocks using the template you created. Press the fusible interfacing on the back of each shirt as shown above, following the interfacing package instructions. Your iron should be on the cotton setting. Place the t-shirt face down on your ironing board. The interfacing keeps the shirts from curling and makes them so much easier to work with. I use Pellon P44F Fusible Interfacing for all my t-shirt quilts. Since my quilt template is 14 inches by 15 inches, I cut my interfacing approximately 15 inches by 16 inches.

There is a quilt top ready to put with a batting and back that has over 5,000 squares AND I still have many pounds of squares to sew together.Cut the interfacing larger than your block template. Can you guess how many one inch squares are on it’s front. ‘1,008 Wishes for a Long and Happy Life’. I have completed a baby quilt with a flannel back that is named Can you guess how many one inch squares are in that quilt? The next two are twins, ‘House Arrest’ and ‘Isolation’. My first quilt top which was too big and heavy for me to quilt was long armed by a friend. I had been collecting 1&1/2” squares for years and years. SO- one-by-one I pieced together my first postage stamp quilt top. I mostly sat at my little sewing machine and listened to the radio. I only went to the grocery store in the early mornings, before 10 am. We couldn’t even walk on the beaches for months. From 2019 to 2020 I was in Hawaii and pretty much trapped indoors due to COVID restrictions.

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