T-Shirt Quilt Blueprint
A Clear Plan Before Anything Becomes Permanent
Plan your layout, choose your block sizes, and move forward with confidence — before making irreversible cuts.
Planning Comes Before Cutting
Before a T-shirt quilt moves to the cutting mat, it needs something most quilters are never given:
A clear plan.
Not because the sewing is difficult — but because the decisions feel unclear.
Which shirts belong?
How large should the quilt be?
What layout will actually work?
When those answers aren’t defined, everything feels important.
And when everything feels important, it’s hard to move forward.
This Is Where Most Quilts Get Stuck
Not at the sewing machine.
At the beginning.
Where the decisions haven’t been made yet.
The T-Shirt Quilt Blueprint Gives You a Steady Starting Point
This Blueprint walks you through the key decisions in a simple, structured order — so you can create a layout you trust before cutting a single shirt.
No guessing.
No backtracking.
No second-guessing once you begin.
Inside the Blueprint, You’ll Work Through:
✂ Reviewing your shirts and deciding what belongs
✂ Choosing a quilt size based on how it will be used
✂ Selecting a layout that fits your shirts
✂ Planning your block sizes with clear, workable math
✂ Confirming your plan before cutting
Each step builds on the one before it.
So instead of trying to figure everything out at once, you move forward one decision at a time.
This Blueprint Is Complete When:
You have a layout plan you trust and you feel ready to cut.
That’s the goal. Not perfection. Clarity.
What This Changes
Instead of:
✘ staring at a pile of shirts
✘ delaying because you’re unsure
✘ worrying about making the wrong cut
You’ll have:
✔ a layout you can see
✔ sizes that make sense
✔ a plan you can follow
And that changes how you move forward.
This Blueprint Is For You If...
You have shirts but aren’t sure how to start planning
You’re hesitant to cut because it feels irreversible
Your project has been sitting because it feels overwhelming
You want a clear process — not more options
What This Is
(and What It’s Not)
This is:
✔ A planning system
✔ layout guide
✔ way to move from unsure → ready
This is NOT:
✘ A quilt pattern
✘ sewing tutorial
✘ construction guide
This is the step before all of that.
What You’ll Walk Away With
By the end, you’ll have
🡲 A defined quilt size
🡲 A layout plan that fits your shirts
🡲 Block sizes that are ready to cut
🡲 A clear next step: begin construction
Hey there, I am Trisha!
I am a school nurse by trade and a quilt lover with a passion for empowering others to create quilts they'll treasure forever. My quilting journey began at 18, when my grandfather gifted me a handmade quilt that followed me around the world during my time in the Navy. This quilt traveled the world with me. It is one of my most treasured possessions 30+ years later.
If my 70-year-old grandpa could learn to quilt, I knew I could too! Since then I have made 8 Quilts of Valor and longarm quilted over 40 more. Now, I'm on a mission to empower crafters like you to create meaningful quilts that will tell your story and bring joy to others.
Snag the T-Shirt Quilt Blueprint to get my step-by-step instructions on how to plan your t-shirt quilt.
A Simple Way to Think About It
You’re not trying to figure everything out.
You’re creating a plan — one decision at a time.
Planning counts as progress.
A small step that makes the rest of your quilt easier.
Create a plan you can trust — before you cut.
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