This group of runners all collected race T-shirts and had us make a quilt for a member of their group that was having a baby. The content of the T-shirts are not baby themed, but they are colorful and will be fun for the baby to look at. We are sure this baby will grow up to be a runner too!

A T-shirt baby quilt is a soft cuddly blanket that will be used and treasured as that new baby grows up. A T-shirt quilt makes an awesome shower gift or a gift from Grandmother. These quilts are made out of T-shirts. Sometimes the T-shirts are the parent’s T-shirts or from friends of the parents. Other times the T-shirts are baby related. See below for a quilt made out of baby clothes.

Collecting Suggestions:

Choose T-shirts with cute designs and images that a baby and young child will enjoy looking at and touching. But since many images that children like are small or on small T-shirts, it may take more T-shirts than you would expect. If the quilt is for a shower, have each invited guest supply 2 to 6 T-shirts. This will need to be done well in advance of the shower. Garage sales or Goodwill are also great places to acquire baby themed T-shirts.

If the quilt is coming from family, ask each family member to collect a certain number of T-shirts. Some family members may even have T-shirts from their own children.

The quilt to the left was made for the baby above. This quilt was made from T-shirts that were geared for a child. But they did not all come from children’s T-shirts.

Baby clothes quilts are made out of baby clothes - generally from the first year of a baby’s life. They are so cute! Send all your babies clothing from his/her first year - include booties, bonnets, sock, hats, blankets, dresses, bloomers and anything else you have. We can use a piece or two from each item or the entire outfit. These quilts are made up of a lot of small pieces and do take a lot more work than a typical T-shirt quilt. So we do charge more for making them. The multiplier for these quilts is 4.9.

Collecting Suggestions:

Save all your baby’s clothes for their first year. They are great quilts for a baby’s grandmother to fund since they are expensive.