DIY Project: T-Shirt Blanket

DIY: Do It Yourself.

I always say I’m going to do more DIY craft projects but I never get around to actually doing any.

Well technically that’s not true. This past Christmas I made five Christmas wreaths and gave them to different family members and to a couple of friends. That’s a project that I didn’t seem to have a problem starting or finishing!

However, the particular project I’m blogging about today is a t-shirt quilt. I started this project last fall but I put all the blanket squares in a bag after I read a how-to article on what is required to make a t-shirt blanket, namely a sewing machine. As some of you know, I don’t own a sewing machine so this project was unofficially scrapped.

Being without a full-time (or part-time) job, I have found myself with a lot of time on my hands. So after running a few errands today, I pulled out that bag full of t-shirt blanket squares and went to laying them out on my bed.

After laying them out in random order, I pulled out some cross-stitch thread and used a simple stitch to hold the squares together. It’s large enough to cover a full-size bed. I’m sure I went about making this blanket the wrong way by stitching the squares together without having used any backing or fusing material, but I have a method to my madness!

20 t-shirts (front and back) make up this DIY T-Shirt Blanket
20 t-shirts (front and back) make up this DIY T-Shirt Blanket

It wouldn’t be hard for me to pull the stitches out and do this project “the right way.” But with my backwards way of doing this project, I find myself pondering the following questions: Should go buy some backing of some sort or could buy a full-size blanket at a thrift store and use that as backing?

I’m open to suggestions!

Thanks!

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