T-Shirt Quilt Blueprint:
Puzzle Edition
No Math. No Crawling on the Floor. No Crayons.
You've got the shirts. You know you want a puzzle-style quilt — the kind where the blocks aren't all the same size, where the layout has movement and feels designed, not just assembled.
What you don't have is a plan.
That's exactly what the T-Shirt Quilt Blueprint: Puzzle Edition gives you.
Pre-Sale — Course release date August 14, 2026
The Part Nobody Else Does This Way
There are planning tutorials out there. Graph paper methods. Lots of confusing math. The occasional YouTube video with sticky notes on a design wall.
But none of them give you what this does — a digital layout built to scale, using your actual shirt images, that you can move and arrange on screen until it's exactly right. Audition border colors with a few clicks.
Export a client-approval image before you sew a single seam.
That's not a planning workaround. That's a professional system.
I've been using this process with clients for years. Now I'm putting it all in one place.
From Digital Plan to Finished Quilt
See exactly what the Blueprint process looks like — from the first digital layout to the finished quilt hanging on the wall.
Left: the original digital mockup.
Middle: border color audition — chosen and approved by the client before sewing.
Right: the finished quilt.
What you see in the plan is what you get in the quilt.
The Spreadsheet Does the Heavy Lifting
Enter your blocks, and the spreadsheet calculates everything:
Finished quilt size — based on your actual block layout
Border calculations — in three sizes, so you can see exactly how each option changes the finished dimensions
Block size flexibility — works with 2″, 3″, and 4″ grid increments
No math on your end. You enter your blocks. The spreadsheet tells you what you've got.
What's Inside the Blueprint
How to cut your shirts — and why it matters
I'll walk you through cutting to a 2", 3", or 4" grid, how to choose the right grid for your quilt, and how to photograph each shirt as you cut so you're ready for the planning process.
The Spreadsheet — screen share walkthrough
This is the tool that does the math for you. I'll show you exactly how to use it to size your quilt, calculate your blocks, and know everything fits before you sew a single seam.
The Illustrator Mockup — screen share demo
This is where the magic happens. I'll show you how to build your digital layout, move blocks around until the design feels right, audition border colors with a few clicks, and have a precise image to work from — and share with your client for approval — before you ever touch your machine.
How to sort your shirts after the mockup is complete
Once the plan is locked in, I'll show you how to organize your cut shirts so you're ready to sew efficiently and confidently.
When You're Done with the Blueprint
You'll have:
Every block sized and placed
No surprises. No filler pieces.
No blocks turned sideways to make them fit.
The layout confirmed digitally
Border colors chosen and approved
Your shirts sorted and ready
A digital blueprint of your finished quilt — a precise visual you can present to your client for approval before a single seam is sewn
A clear plan from the first seam to the last
The Blueprint Is For You If...
You already make t-shirt quilts and want to add puzzle-style quilts to what you offer
You've avoided puzzle quilts because the planning felt too complicated
You're making your first t-shirt quilt and want to do it right from the start
You work with clients and need a professional planning and approval process
You're a longarm quilter looking for an additional revenue stream — plan and assemble t-shirt quilts while your longarm is quilting digitally
Interfacing or no interfacing — your choice, your process
What the Blueprint Does NOT Cover
The sewing process — construction, partial seams, interfacing, quilting — is covered in my free YouTube video series launching soon on the Prayeriewife Quilting channel.
The Blueprint picks up where choosing your shirts leaves off, and hands you off ready to sew.
Early Bird: $49 (Regular price $67 — increases at launch)
Course launches August 14, 2026. You'll receive an email with access the moment it's ready.
About Susan
I've been quilting for decades — starting with my grandmother's guidance — and I've been making t-shirt quilts for clients for years. The puzzle-style quilt is my specialty, and the planning process you're about to learn is exactly what I use for every single client quilt I make.
No quilt police here. Just a clear system that works.
— Susan Prayeriewife Quilting · prayeriewife.com