I am glad to see this thread. I ammaking my first t-shrt quilt after the first of the year and have 30 t-shirts to work with I was thinking of making a front and back but I think I will rethinkthat idea. Thanks
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I am glad to see this thread. I ammaking my first t-shrt quilt after the first of the year and have 30 t-shirts to work with I was thinking of making a front and back but I think I will rethinkthat idea. Thanks
I used fleece on the back of my t-shirt quilts.. made them very snuggly
If I make the front and back with T-shirts I wouldn't use regular batting but rather a very low loft, or even none at all because both back and front would have the Pellon interface ironed on. I'll make a test since I have some shirts I could cut up and Pellon. Let you know how it work tomorrow.
Just finished squaring up one today. I did not use any stabilizer on my shirts. I took a class and the teacher does not use it. I used fleece on mine. Turned out great, but I agree they are really heavy.
I've done several quilts with t-shirts on the front and back. I used fusible knit interfacing on all the t-shirts. Some young people have way too many "important" shirts for just one side! The quilts were rather heavy and I did use a moderately thick batting. I had no trouble quilting it on my DSM- Janome 6600.
I made a T-shirt quilt for my granddaughter and since I didn't have any fusible interfacing I ironed freezer paper on the parts I wanted to use. Didn't remove it until I sewed all the blocks together. Worked fine for me. Used regular cotton backing material & puffy polyester batting. Also used cotton (in her school colors) for sashing.
TwandasMom
I am saving all the t shirt backs to make t shirts for American Girl Dolls!
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