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Gail B 08-08-2012 06:04 AM

Do t-shirt quilts need a stabilier?
 
When making a t-shirt quilt do you use a stabilizer behind the t-shirts and if you do what do you recommend?

JustAbitCrazy 08-08-2012 06:10 AM

You absolutely do have to stabilize the T-shirts. They are cotton knit, not a weave, and anything knit is very fluid. I know there is a stabilizer which is often recommended and which several members of my quilting group say is really hard to work with, and I forget what it is called (Is is "woven"? and you are supposed to place the weave cross ways to the way the knit stretches the most? That's what I think I remember, lol). But I do remember that what they prefer to use is the thinnest one JoAnn's has---It's only about 99 cents a yard and doesn't stretch. Fuse to the backside of the T-shirts before cutting out the squares.

annthreecats 08-08-2012 06:21 AM

Here's a Missouri Star Quilting Company video on making a t-shirt quilt that may help.

Found this on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE3jqR2N4KA

clsurz 08-08-2012 06:27 AM

Yes absolutely!

Gail B 08-08-2012 08:19 AM

Thank you so much for the link. Never thought to look on YouTube. Just viewed the tute & I'm on my way to purchase the stabilizer.


Originally Posted by annthreecats (Post 5426158)
Here's a Missouri Star Quilting Company video on making a t-shirt quilt that may help.

Found this on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE3jqR2N4KA


katier825 08-08-2012 08:40 AM

I did one using the tricot stabilizer...it came out very soft and I would definitely use that again. You iron it on with the stretch going the opposite way of the stretch in the tee shirt.

stenthpatric 09-03-2012 01:02 AM


Originally Posted by annthreecats (Post 5426158)
Here's a Missouri Star Quilting Company video on making a t-shirt quilt that may help.

Found this on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE3jqR2N4KA

Thanks for sharing this link, I try this link and also I make some b est video for t-shirts. When I open this link that time its not working properly so can you tell me what should I have to do? If you have any another link than please share with me.


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