This SHORTIE quilt pattern is an abridged version of the full Shirt Puzzle Quilt pattern. It is intended to be used along with a video tutorial,  in person workshop with instructor, or by experienced quilters who need just the basics.

The pattern includes fabric guidelines, basic cutting layout and instructions, quilt top layout and assembly guidance for a child sized 40" x 40" quilt.  A coloring page lets you try out your own color combinations.

An 18-page unabridged version of this pattern is available as a separate product.

Shirt Puzzle Quilts use a unique, 13-sided shape called the Einstein Tile.  The shape tessellates (interlocks) in a NEVER-REPEATING pattern!  The shape looks like a shirt, and it is constructed using 60º equilateral triangles and 30º right triangles.

• NO Y-Seams, even though it looks like it!

• Easy construction of HTTs (half-triangle triangles)

• LAYOUT page shows you where the pieces go and in which orientation 

• Coloring Page lets you try out your own color combinations

• Row-by-Row assembly of quilt top

• Uses Fat Quarters, great use of fabric bundles

Your experience level as a quilter will call into play INTERMEDIATE skills to work with bias edges for cutting, sewing and pressing.  

In addition to your quilting skills, this pattern can tease (challenge) your PUZZLER's mind—in many ways this top looks like a paint-by-number project; however, it's very easy to get your pieces turned around as you sew and have you scratching your head.  A design wall and numbered marking pins will help.

You will take pride in your accomplishment of making a Shirt Puzzle Quilt, and know the secrets as others try to figure out how you did it!