Comments on: Fleece T-Shirt Quilt Pattern & Tutorial

By: Ann Jolley

Ann Jolley — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 12:50:48 +0000

I want to use a plain fleece throw for my back. I will sew the blocks as for a quilt. Is it possible to sew the attached blocks around the edges of throw and then use a yarn knot to secure the inside of blanket? I hope I make sense.
Thanks Ann

By: marian stevens

marian stevens — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 13:00:45 +0000

Can’t wait to make this for my daughter. Thank you!!!

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 10 Jun 2018 17:19:14 +0000

This sounds great! I’m confused about sewing the squares together. If you are using the pinking shears, do you still fold the seams over and stitch 1/4″ on each side of the first seam?

By: Wellness Mama

Wellness Mama — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 01:37:21 +0000

In reply to Veronica. It *should* still work, but it does anchor the blanket together better.

By: Veronica

Veronica — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 10:18:04 +0000

I’ve scoured the internet looking for a DIY T-Shirt blanket tutorial and so far yours is the simplest! I’m not looking to make a quilt, just a comfy blanket. Would your tutorial work for me if I left off the ‘diagnal’ part? Thanks!
*Full disclosure, I’m a total newbie to sewing with a machine; only ever made “no sew” 2 piece blankets”

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 11:51:21 +0000

I want to make this with some band shirts that my sons have. Some of them are printed front and back and on the back the writing would create a square bigger than 16″. Has anyone tried this with some bigger squares (around 19″)?

By: Wellness Mama

Wellness Mama — Sun, 15 May 2016 14:54:58 +0000

In reply to Laurinda. I've only tried with the fleece...

By: Laurinda

Laurinda — Sat, 14 May 2016 13:29:50 +0000

This looks doable (I hope!), but I don’t enjoy the heat or feel of fleece. Could I use the same system you did with a different fabric? Maybe a soft flannel? And, if I used flannel, could I cut matching squares out of an old blanket or something to put between the two layers and just do everything else the way you did? I don’t know squat about quilting, so please tell me the truth if that won’t work! Thank you so much!

By: Wellness Mama

Wellness Mama — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 00:54:36 +0000

In reply to Deb Troutman. It depends on the fleece. I washed mine first just to be safe but it didn't seem to make a big difference.

By: Deb Troutman

Deb Troutman — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 22:42:09 +0000

Does fleece need to be pre-shrunk before use? I made four squares before thinking about this… Thanks.

By: Deb

Deb — Sun, 14 Feb 2016 17:31:35 +0000

Am going to try your idea rather than have the expense of stabilizer, etc. How did you keep the knit t-shirts from rolling at the cut edges? TY for sharing your great idea!

By: Meagan

Meagan — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 06:02:09 +0000

This looks great! I’ve been hanging onto some old t-shirts so I could do something like this. I hate when people tell me I CAN’T get something done. Once I asked a professional chimney guy about installing this wood stove I had into my existing fireplace and he said it was impossible so I went ahead and did it myself and now it looks and works wonderfully.

By: Alicia Velazquez

Alicia Velazquez — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 23:38:51 +0000

Did you ever make the one out of baby clothes? if so can you give me the link please. I am a beginner sewer but this looks simple enough.
Thank you in advance <3

By: Wellness Mama

Wellness Mama — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 16:11:05 +0000

In reply to Agnes Gillman. It's aesthetic at that point, honestly, so it's as you prefer.

By: Agnes Gillman

Agnes Gillman — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 18:03:25 +0000

I am making a tee shirt quilt using different size tee shirt pieces. I’ve cut away much of the blank parts and kept the logos intact. What I wanted to do was stich down the front to the fleece backing (also batting) but then the backing will have an uneven pattern of stitching – if I were to stich all together. Any suggestions? Does it matter if the stitching on the back is irregular?

By: Wellness Mama

Wellness Mama — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 19:52:53 +0000

In reply to Becky. I am sure a sweatshirt would work fine. I haven't tried it with an "X".

By: Becky

Becky — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 02:51:40 +0000

May I use a sweatshirt along with the tshirts? Have you made one just sewing an X through the tshirt s?

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 19:23:57 +0000

Hi! Great tutorial – just wondering how many t-shirts you ended up using in total? And how big was the final product?
Thanks!

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 17:01:24 +0000

In reply to Nancy. Nancy, I made this for my son for HS graduation out of all his sports T-shirts . Some were from when he was 8 or so. When they were just a little too small I used the back of the shirt to cut strips and added them to the smaller square. To center the design I had to sew the neck line trim to a strip across the top and even cut beyond the seams to the sleeves and laid them flat. It all attached nicely to the fleece and added a nice dimension to the quilt. Sue

By: Nettie

Nettie — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:02:54 +0000

I’ve made a couple of t-shirt throws and I sewed clear quilting thread. It does the job of quilting but you don’t see the color of the thread.