Manalto

I knew I hung around this smoky club for a reason. Thank you!

So far, I've added the interfacing. I set up a big makeshift ironing board on sawhorses: a piece of plywood and a couple of layers of old wool blankets. I put the interfacing sticky-side up and arranged the patches of tee shirt on it. I used a damp ironing cloth in order not to melt the tee shirt "message" - I have no idea what it's made of, but it tolerated the medium heat of the iron through the cloth and the interfacing bonded OK. The patches were cut roughly, so I could overlap the edges and not get adhesive on the iron.

Thanks to your help, my attitude has gone from dread to eagerness. I would like to try to quilt it as a whole if possible, since I have my wonderful Singer 31-15 treadle set up and ready to go. I haven't solved the walking-foot problem though. Do you think a rolling foot would suffice, if there's no batting? I posted a question here about a walking foot that fits the 31-15 and even called a couple of suppliers. Strangely, nobody knows of one that will work.