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Please advise: Tips for making t-shirt pillow

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Old 07-08-2023, 01:22 AM
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Question Please advise: Tips for making t-shirt pillow

I have been asked to make a pillow from a T-shirt. I haven't sewn with knits so this is new territory for me.

My questions are: What stabilizer have you found to work well for backing t-shirts. I don't want it to be too stiff.

Do I need to use a special needle for knits?

Your help is much appreciated. Many thanks! Ps....If you have a good t-shirt pillow tutorial, please send it my way.


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Old 07-10-2023, 02:28 AM
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Default t-shirt pillow tutorial found on utube

I found this tutorial making a tshirt pillow that uses a zipper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_ViKiZq36s
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Old 07-10-2023, 03:15 AM
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I use SF101 iron on interfacing, I use it for a lot of things.
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Old 07-10-2023, 02:27 PM
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There's Shape Flex and there's Shape Flex Lite, by Pelon. I prefer the Lite, but not every shop will have it.
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Old 07-10-2023, 05:29 PM
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I just finished a Tshirt flimsy and I used shape flex, I would recommend it to anyone.
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Old 07-11-2023, 05:07 AM
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Be careful of anything you may want to iron to the back of the T-shirt if it has the puffy paint motif on it. Some of those melt and get sticky with heat.
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