Cutting T-shirts is where confidence meets commitment—because once you cut them, there’s no undo button. In this time lapse, I’m layering and cutting three shirts at a time to save time while keeping every block clean and consistent.
After prepping and stabilizing the shirts, stacking them allows you to make fewer cuts with the same precision. The key is careful alignment, a sharp rotary blade, and cutting straight through all layers in one smooth pass. This method is especially helpful when you’re working with a large number of shirts and want uniform results.
Cutting Technique
- Stack your strips — Align edges carefully
- Square the stack — Trim one edge straight
- Measure and mark — Use your ruler to mark cut lines
- Cut with confidence — One firm cut through all layers
- Check consistency — Every block should be identical
Critical: Keep your rotary blade perpendicular. Tilting causes uneven blocks.
How do you know what sizes to cut? This requires quilt math—figuring out block sizes, layout, and finished quilt dimensions. To skip the guesswork and get a custom plan instantly, use the T-Shirt Quilt Pattern Generator.
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