interfacing for t-shirt quilt
#1
Friends, after a 4 month hiatus I can quilt again! I am making a t-shirt quilt and would like to know, if you have made one, what weight of pellon interfacing did you use to stablize the t-shirts? Your suggests are appreciated.
#2
Originally Posted by Quilting Pastor
Friends, after a 4 month hiatus I can quilt again! I am making a t-shirt quilt and would like to know, if you have made one, what weight of pellon interfacing did you use to stablize the t-shirts? Your suggests are appreciated.
#3
You can find light weight fusible interfacing in most fabric stores... the lighter the better, it is just to stablize the fabric, but you don't want the fused fabrics to be much heavier than the cotton you are using with it :D:D:D
#4
I was wondering if there are alternatives to fusible, to avoid the extra cost?
I thought about using basting spray and attaching the tshirt to another piece of fabric (maybe from some other old shirts). what do you all think?
I thought about using basting spray and attaching the tshirt to another piece of fabric (maybe from some other old shirts). what do you all think?
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Originally Posted by kclausing
I was wondering if there are alternatives to fusible, to avoid the extra cost?
I thought about using basting spray and attaching the tshirt to another piece of fabric (maybe from some other old shirts). what do you all think?
I thought about using basting spray and attaching the tshirt to another piece of fabric (maybe from some other old shirts). what do you all think?
http://www.bblackandsons.com
JoAnn's carries it also.
The idea of using basting spray with foundation fabric is really interesting, but haven't heard of anyone trying that. An alternative might be to heavily starch the t-shirt fabric (1:1 solution of Sta-Flo liquid laundry starch and water) before cutting, but again I haven't tried that. I use the starch to stabilize background fabric for machine applique, but haven't tried it on t-shirt fabric.
#6
Originally Posted by kclausing
I was wondering if there are alternatives to fusible, to avoid the extra cost?
I thought about using basting spray and attaching the tshirt to another piece of fabric (maybe from some other old shirts). what do you all think?
I thought about using basting spray and attaching the tshirt to another piece of fabric (maybe from some other old shirts). what do you all think?
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