Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, we can use sweatshirts. Once they are in your quilt, it's difficult to tell them apart from T-shirts.

Short answer: 4 to 6 weeks.

Long answer: It depends on the time of year. Around Christmas and during high school graduation season, it may be closer to 6 to 8 weeks. In January and in August it could be closer to 3 weeks. If it will be longer than 6 weeks, we will let you know. 

If you have a specific date that you need to have your quilt returned by, please indicate this on your order form so we can plan accordingly. 

Note: The turn around time clock begins upon your approval of the size of your quilt. We try to email you size and border options within 2-4 days of receiving your box. We do not start counting time until we hear back from you approving your quilts size. The time does not begin when you ship out your T-shirts.

We can use T-shirts with the following problems:

• T-shirts with a holes in them
• T-shirts that are old and thin
• T-shirts with faded text 
• T-shirt with letters falling off
• T-shirt with the designs peeling off
• T-shirt that have already been cut

We will fix them up and "save" them for you.

If you want a T-shirt in your quilt, send it. If it's too far gone, we will let you know. We can save 99% of the T-shirts we are sent!

Read more about T-shirt condition issues here. 

No. It would ruin the quilt. So please choose and mark your T-shirts carefully.

YES WE CAN! See the 'Already Cut T-shirts' page for more information.

Yes!

Have your photographs printed on white T-shirt material. We would suggest that you have the photos professionally printed. We have found that the iron on transfers, done at home, do not hold up over time. 

We don't do photo transfers here at Too Cool T-shirt Quilts. We don't have the equipment or expertise. 

If you don't have someone local to do your transfer, we would suggest One Hour Tees. Tell them that Too Cool T-shirts Quilts sent you!

Too Cool T-shirt Quilts does not have the facilities to do embroidery here.

Yes. We can make a T-shirt quilt with T-shirts on the front and the back. Read more about them here.

Backing colors - we have over 350 colors to choose from.

If you want something beyond a standard generally accepted colors, please send a swatch. For example navy, hunter green, red, orange, etc. are colors that are what they are. But a color like teal or sage - there is more than one interpretation to these colors. If you would send a swatch of the color you would, it would be helpful.

You can get a swatch from a paint chip, from one of your T-shirts, a color crayon scribble on a piece of white paper or out of a magazine (circle the color).

Yes you can. Minky is a specific type of material that is thicker and furry.

Our Austin Texas location works with this material. If you are interested in this material for the back of your quilt, please read more about Minky backing here.

No. It would ruin the quilt.

Just about any part! Front, back, sleeves and even the neck line. We can use a front and a back from the same T-shirt. We also can use the legs or the butt from pants or shorts. You are not limited!

We will use every part of your T-shirt unless it is "X"-ed out with blue painters masking tape.

You are welcome to put notes on your T-shirts if you have a special request. Please write these notes on blue painters masking tape. This way the note can stay attached to the T-shirt until we have the quilt top sewn together.

We have found that paper notes that are pinned or stapled on leave holes in the T-shirts and are difficult to work with when we are cutting and sewing.

Yes. If you choose to use a credit card for payment, please indicate so on your order form. When your quilt is finished we will send you a "ransom" photo of the quilt and then you can call with your credit card number. Upon receipt of your payment, we will send you your quilt.

Generally we don't do anything about stains. We consider them to be part of the memory of the T-shirts. But not everyone feels that way.

On the order form we have options for directing us how to use T-shirts with stains. We can ignore the stains or cut them off if they are on the outside of the design.

If the stain is on the design, we can ignore it. Or we can cut out the stain and put a piece of matching material behind the hole. This is a radical fix and will not look as good as the design with the stain on it.

If there is a stain you want removed, please mark the area with a piece of blue painters masking tape. Write on the tape what you would like us to do.

There are many different ways to hang your T-shirt quilt, check out this article about  "How to Hang a Quilt" for more information.

No. We have found that they rarely get used and just sit here waiting.