Day 1, Friday Oct. 16: Getting Started
Planning, color choices, scraps, and putting blocks together
Quilted T-Shirt Pillow with Kim Ratchford
**T-Shirt Pillow - Turn a Favorite T-Shirt into a Quilted Pillow You Can Use and Enjoy**
A favorite T-shirt doesn’t have to stay hidden in a drawer.
In this presentation, Kim Ratchford guides you through turning one meaningful shirt into a finished quilted pillow.
You’ll learn how to:
- Make a reusable paper template and center it over the T-shirt motif
- Stabilize the shirt fabric so it is easier to cut and sew
- Add borders and quilt the pillow front
- Make a simple envelope-style pillow back
- Attach and machine-finish the binding
- Adapt the same process to make a memory pillow or feature a large quilt block
It’s a manageable project that gives a special shirt a new life—without committing to an entire T-shirt quilt.
Click to receive the:
Quilted T-Shirt Project Sheet
Turn a favorite T-shirt into an 18″ quilted pillow you can use and enjoy.
This printable project sheet includes:
- A complete supply list
- Step-by-step cutting and construction instructions
- Guidance for stabilizing the T-shirt and centering the motif Instructions for adding borders and quilting the pillow front
- Directions for making an envelope back and finishing with binding
Keep it nearby as an easy reference while you make your pillow.
Kim Ratchford helps quilters enjoy making more quilts through approachable quilt patterns, practical teaching, and professional longarm quilting services.
As the owner of Stitched in Purple, she combines her experience as an award-winning longarm quilter, quilt pattern designer, magazine contributor, and teacher to help quilters build confidence while enjoying the process.
After a 30-year career in banking and finance, Kim turned her lifelong love of creativity into a second career.
Today, she is known for blending precision with joy, sharing techniques that make quilting easier, more accurate, and more enjoyable.
Whether she is designing a pattern, teaching a workshop, or finishing a client's quilt, her goal is simple: to help quilters create beautiful quilts they are proud to use, gift, and share.
Weekender Quilt Pattern PDF by Kim Ratchford
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