coopah: does your 'AutoStitch' app work on laptops also? I don't have an I-anything to use. LOL I need something that will work on my laptop. Thanks for your suggestion tho, and your kind words.
Emma: I back the t-shirts with the fabric left from bedskirts when I've deconstructed them. It's usually thin, and sometimes it's that... non-fabric kind of stuff that is still very washable and lightweight. Poly-something, I'm sure.
I don't use an iron-on stabilizer because I don't like that feel. I want the shirts to remain as soft and cozy as they were when being worn. Smiles.
I quilt the shirt design to the backing before I piece the quilt top. True, it requires using more pins, and leaves me open to puckers now and then, but I just prefer the over-all feel when the quilt is finished. Even the thinnest of the iron-ons take away that natural softness of the knit in my opinion.