Originally Posted by madamekelly
Originally Posted by Zappycat
I have been saving all of my kids sports T-shirts for years with the intention of making a T-shirt quilt for each of them. Has anyone made one of these and if so, what do you do about quilting i?. Do you quilt only the sash and borders? They say to iron the T-shirt on to iron on interfacing and I always wonder about that.... how will it hold up in the wash?
Or are there any other, more creative and different T-shirt quilt styles other than the traditional one that I have seen with the sashing between the T-shirt blocks? Would love advice from all you talented and experienced quilters!
Thanks!
Torrie
WARNING! If you are going to use T-shirts that have the older 'iron on' decals, you must NOT iron them to interfacing! It will destroy them. (Ask how I know :oops: ) I have figured out how to use them anyway. I just lay them out and 'press' them with the weight of books, etc. to get them nice and flat. Then, you use a product called "OK TO WASH IT", (available at most crafty stores or Walmart) which is a permanent fabric glue. I use a playing card/credit card to smear it thinly onto the back of the T-shirt, behind the design. Very carefully press it with your hands, gently to a plain (washed) muslin base. I cut the front piece of the T-shirt way bigger than I need it, so I can 'trim to fit' after the glue has dried for 24 hours. I hope this saves you the headache I had when I did it wrong. Good luck!
Don't go to all that trouble, just get an applique pressing sheet and lay the block printed side down, press (lift iron, set it down, repeat on another section) do not iron,the tee section, Center "iron on fusible interfacing" on the wrong side of the tee design cut at least 2" larger than the size of the block you intend to cut. 17" Interfacing=15" Block=14" Finished block. Press on to tee and cut the squared up block to finished size plus 1". You will have 1/2" seam allowances that will lie flat and won't curl when sewn. I use the Pellon light to medium weight fusible interfacing. I've done about 2 dozen tee shirt quilts to date.