? T-Shirt quilt quilting
 

Ya"ll have such great advice. Can I quilts over the "rubbery" logos ? I am making a t-shirt quilt for a young friend. She wants queen size and I don't think I can do it on my machine. My long arm quilter just uses computerized patterns. So----- can I quilt over the logos? Thanks for your help --- Janice

I've heard that no, you should not quilt over the logos on the t-shirt but try to quilt around them instead. Maybe you can echo around the design and that will get close enough for your batting?

You can, but results will vary, as you will soon see from the replies you'll get here. I personally avoid the rubberized logos - I had tension problems and it left holes in the rubber area. I will quilt any area around the logo or in an un-rubberized area within the logo, but not the logo itself. Others swear it works fine though. Plus, I think when you leave the logo unquilted it puffs out very nicely. I suggest if you've got an extra shirt, try it on that, first. Machines vary, results vary.

I have done it on my home machine but it is not ideal. The rubbery logos tend to grab the needle and thread. I tend to outline the logo (or stitch through when it is a narrow design area). If there are words and the letters are large, I will outline quilt around each letter. If the words are small I will just outline quilt around the entire word or line of words. here is a link to one I made. (post number 12)

http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...ml#post6496970

I agree with what all has been sent. I always quilted around the rubber logos. It might bend your needle due to the thickness and will affect your tension. Jut not worth the risk.

maybe you could check around for a long-arm quilter who will do some echo quilting- or free motion meandering on your quilt instead. I've quilted lots of t-shirt quilts for customers and a couple times found it necessary to quilt on a logo (generally when it was too large to not have some quilting in it- I've not had a lot of problems with it- but it does depend on how *stiff-thick* the logo is- if the t-shirt has been worn, used, laundered lots it is not really a problem- if it's new, stiff/thick & rubbery it leaves holed and is pretty hard on your needle. (but it can be done)

I prefer not to quilt the tee shirt logos. I just echo qilt around them or do a stipple aroung them. I think they are too stiff to quilt thru and it can break a needle or cause tension problems.

Has anyone tried using a teflon foot for stitching over the "rubbery" logos? I haven't succeeded stitching over those with the regular foot, so I machine stitched the seams of the sashings and hand stitched around the logos. I have since purchased a teflon foot but haven't tried it out yet.

I did have a tee shirt quilt done by a longarmer and she did an overall design. It was very well done.

I hand quilt and I do not stitch through any logos. I use an alternative method of stitching around the design or around the block. I also put a stripping material between my blocks and quilt a quarter of an inch from the seam on these blocks to support my seams.