All About T-shirt Quilts

Ultra Modern T-shirt Quilts - Bullseye Style

Written by Andrea Funk | April 2025

A Radial Design Draws You In

If you're looking for a T-shirt quilt that doesn’t just display your shirts but demands attention, the Bullseye style may be exactly what you’re after.

This ultra modern quilt design spins your T-shirts around a central point, creating a bold, circular layout with energy, movement, and intention.

Whether you go full-color or keep it clean with a single theme, this quilt doesn’t blend in—it pulls everything into focus.

 

What Makes the Bullseye Style T-shirt Quilt Different?

The Bullseye layout is built around concentric rings—think ripples on water or a literal bullseye. Each ring contains carefully placed T-shirts cut to fit the arc of the circle.

What makes this quilt pop is how unified it feels. The circular flow gives the entire quilt a strong visual structure, while still highlighting each individual shirt. It’s a modern, graphic way to make your quilt feel cohesive and exciting.

Best T-shirts for a Bullseye Style Quilt?

This style works great with many types of collections, but here's what helps it really shine:

  • Themed collections: Like school spirit wear, races, or concerts. The symmetry of the design amplifies the connection between the shirts.

  • Color coordination: There are five spots to choose colors for. You have the center spot, the three rings and the outer areas that square off the circle. You could use five colors or five different colors or anything in between.

    In this Michigan State example here, we use three colors - gray, green and white. Go green. (now you say, go white.)

  • Medium-to-large graphics: These fill the space well and help preserve the circular flow.

Direction of the Graphics

Take a look at the MSU quilt next to the color wheel quilt. Same bullseye layout, totally different feel. What sets them apart? It’s all in the direction of the graphics.

On the MSU quilt, every graphic reads upright—top to bottom, left to right. It looks sharp and intentional. But pulling that off? It’s a real challenge.

The color wheel quilt, on the other hand, takes a different route. Each T-shirt graphic is angled toward the center of the quilt, like spokes on a wheel. There’s no top or bottom—every direction works.

If you're going with a bullseye-style quilt, you get to decide how your graphics are oriented. Upright and uniform, or radiating toward the center - your call.

Planning Your Bullseye Quilt

  1. Mark any graphics you don’t want used by putting an “X” of masking tape over them.

  2. Use the Ultra Modern order form specific to this style.

  3. Tell us in the notes on the order form which way you would like your graphics oriented. You can choose upright and uniform, or radiating toward the center.
  4. Pack and ship your T-shirts—we’ll take it from there. (Need a packing guidance? Check out this article.)

What You Can Expect From Us

  • We’ll notify you as soon as your box arrives.

  • You’ll get a projected timeline (usually 6–8 weeks).

  • If anything’s unclear, we’ll reach out before moving forward.

  • We’re here if you have questions along the way.

  • Your quilt will be quilted with our renowned quilting! So Cool! The quilt you see here is the back of the color wheel quilt. 

Final Thoughts: Circle Meets Centerpiece

The Bullseye T-shirt quilt is more than a layout—it’s a focal point. It grabs your attention and pulls your story together with bold, modern geometry. If you want a quilt that feels as intentional as the memories in your shirts, this one might just hit the mark.