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I'm new to quilting and have wanted to start doing it for some time now.
My first task is to take my friend's son's sports jerseys and some images of him as he grew up and make a huge quilt for her to give to him. I read someone suggested a stabilizer for under the jerseys. I'm not sure what that is? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi, welcome to QB and the fabulous hobby (vocation) of quilting. Sorry have no advice as I have never made a jersey quilt. Good luck. Someone will be along shortly with lots of fabulous advice.
A T-shirt quilt is a huge undertaking for a new quilter. My DD made me a quilt using Andrea T. Funk's How to Make a T-Shirt Quilt (not sure that's the correct name of the book.) Check on Amazon under her name. Her method does not use stabilizers. The layout uses a 3" grid, allowing different size patches to be used. I think this makes a more interesting layout than same sized patches.
You're close. It's How to Make a Too Cool T-shirt Quilt. I still have to try her method after it was recommended by a member of one of the quilt guilds I belong to. I have made one with stabilizer, but it's been several years. I can't wait to try her method which she created on her first T-Shirt quilt. She explains her method in the intro.Originally Posted by gramajo
Hi and welcome to the board. For a beginner I would HIGHLY recommend using the stabilizer method, or starch the bejeebers out of the jerseys. I meant to the point they are like card stock. Some jersey material is very light weight and may not take kindly to an iron.
A stabilizer or interfacing is an iron on product that you iron on to the back of the t-shirt so it isn't stretchy anymore. JoAnnes carries the name brand Pellon (use the featherweight one) or their own store brand.
http://www.joann.com/pellon-fusible-...FYMbHwod-M4EAg
First thing about quilting, know your fabric. Do you mean jersey as in football jersey or tee shirt? Be very careful doing this for a first time effort. You could damage the jersey fabric.
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Are we talking about solid fabrics?? I was once asked to make a quilt out of the sport shirts that had lots of woven holes in it. I would try your best to just stick with t-shirts fabric. Look thru u-tube and you will probably fine some instructions. Lots of us have made them before. I used Pellon featherweight fusible interfacing and fuse it on the t-shirt before cutting it. Please realize they get very heavy the larger you make it.
https://www.google.com/search?q=t-sh...utf-8&oe=utf-8
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Don't overlook UTUBE videos. They are free and you'll get a feel for the project
from start to finish. As you know from the previous responses there are various ways
to complete this project and you will probably feel yourself leaning towards one that
fits in well with the sewing skills you are bringing to project. Good luck with your endeavor.
I've seen many a beginning quilter complete quilts successfully just because their motivation was so strong. I predict that you will learn a lot on this journey.
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Welcome to the Board from Southern California!
My DD's friend made a t-shirt quilt for her mom using all the sports T-shirts of hers and her brothers - it was her first quilt and she did a fantastic job. The clue is to iron-on the stabilizer before you cut the t-shirts. Then decide the layout - do you want/need sashing? We talked about what she was doing along the way, but she did it all my herself. Her mom was over the moon with it.
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