Assembling the Blocks:
1. For any blocks that will be made from 2 or more small t-shirt pieces, sew the pieces together with a 1/2” seam allowance to make a complete block.

2. Remembering to use a 1/2” seam allowance, sew blocks in rows, either horizontal or vertical, inserting sashing pieces as desired. Then assemble the rows and add borders, if you’re wanting them.

Finishing:

Layer the top with batting (if using batting) and backing. Then quilt as desired. As I am a longarm quilter (that is I use a longarm quilting machine – Facts be known, I have pretty short arms and cannot reach items on high shelves in the kitchen cabinets), my choice is to do an open free-motion design.

Bonus Project:

Being frugal, I just couldn’t bring myself to toss the left over tee shirt parts. So, I decided it would be fun to create a necklace.

I tied this one in an overhand knot, but I’ve seen friends use different techniques to hold the tubes together.

1. Cut one, some, or all of the remaining t-shirts into one inch strips.
2. You can mix and match the shirts to get the number of strips and colors that you want.
3. Now comes the fun part – stretch the strips as much as you can. You may need to get a friend to help you if you are using extra large shirts.
4. The knit strips will curl, making fabric tubes. The finished length of a tube is determined by the size of the t-shirt from which the strips are cut.. My strips were cut from a size ‘large’ shirt.

Your style preference will influence how many tubes you want in your necklace and possible color mixes. I’ve seen some very impressive multi-tube single and mixed-color creations.

Of course, you may just need some dust rags or have some other creative use for the t-shirt leftovers. Those of you with a strong constitution may decide to throw the scraps away – but I know you are few in number.