Need help from anyone who has made a T-shirt quilt in the past....
 

I am making a t-shirt quilt for my husband. I bought the wrong stabilizer, 5 yards of it with no fusible side. Has anyone used the spray adhesive. I over heard a person at my fabric store say you can use it for anything.

This is my second t shirt quilt. My first one came out great. I used all the right materials on the first one.

I hate to waste anything. You should see my scrap bin. LOL

Thanks in advance for the help.

I would be concerned that the spray on adhesive would wash out, leaving your t-shirt blocks unstabilized. Sorry, but if it were me I'd just gut it up and buy the correct stabilizer.....good luck

I agree with davis2se, the right stuff makes a project that much easier to do. Happy New Year!! :)

I think that will be the best also. Thanks

Question from someone who has never made a T-shirt quilt but recently got a request. What stabilizer do you use?

[I use a light weight fuse-able stabilizer. This make the t shirts less stretchy. I got my patterns and directions from the internet. Just enter T-Shirt quilts into your search engine.]

Thanks for your help.

Personally...I think I would try the spray adhesive on an section of a Tshirt that won't be included and see how it looked. You know from having made one already what to expect. If it holds up while you are sewing it together I think that would be fine...once it is quilted it will be stabilized more.

Some of my iron-on stabilizer was loose by the time I got the sewing done. If it doesn't look right...then sell what you have left on here and get what you need.

It needs to be NON-WOVEN so it doesn't stretch...it sometimes is hard to find at Joanns, but they can help you.

The stabilizer is dirt cheap. I would save the other stabilizer for another project.

You only want the fusible on one side of the stabilizer (at least I never fuze the blocks to anything other than the stabilizer). Joann's frequently has it on sale -- and you usually get a 40% off coupon in the mailer. I never pay full price for stabilizer.

I agree, the fusible interfacing is the best way to go. You have to be careful using spray adhesives, they can gum up your needle and make it very hard to sew!

Good luck!