My neighbor just asked me to make one for her granddaughter...Another friend of mine makes them all the time for other people and she told me to use:Pellon sheer-knit-Fusible White. I am going to Joann's this week to purchase mine. The product # is SK135. Hope this helps. Yes, it is soft! If you go at the end of this week I am quite sure that it is on AD for 50% off.

This is a very stoft stabalizer and would work well. Try Nancy's Notions.com for it.

I made a t shirt quilt for my husband and did use very heavy stabilizer, after it was washed and dried a time or two it softened up nicely.

I wonder if you pull it snug and pin it to an already quilted batting.
Like a mattress pad. I just got one from a thrift store, cut off the excess and it looks like it'll make a nice couch throw, nice and warm and still a trifle stretchy but it won't get out of control. I'm backing it with fleece, which I've washed several times with a color catcher.

Fusi-knit is an iron-on knit stabilizer and it will be 50% off this weekend at Joann's. I used to use it on all my wearable art vests so I wouldn't feel like I was wearing a bullet-proof jacket!

Peggy

Didn't look thru the entire post, BUT, think about using the iron on POLYESTER stabilizer. It will hold it together, but is not as stiff. On the other hand it may also stretch a bit and cause some other issues.

Just a thought.

Good Luck & happy quilting,
Susan

I have made a t-shirt quilt and I used the iron on stabilizer with the bumps on one side and soft on the other. I bought it light weight. It was not hard when finished and it did keep them in place so that the tshirts would not stretch. I can't recall the actual name of the ................oooooooo.......yea fusible interfacing otherwise as I refer to it as "bumpy stuff" anyway you purchase the lightweight and press it to the tshirt and then cut up your square to the size you want.

I was going to suggest maybe the spray adhesive on muslin also. Don't overspray.

I think most of the people I know that have made a tshirt quilt around here feel better with the fusible lightweight interfacing. There is a quilt shop in Albuquerque who from time to time has classes for this you might give them a call. (I know it's far away but maybe they will give you a couple of ideas). The name of the shop is Quilt Works and they can put you in touch with one of their instructors. Good luck on your tshirt quilt.

I am in the process of making a T-shirt quilt right now. I didn't use the papery feeling stabilizer. I use a knit stabilizer, making the stretch of the stabilizer go up and down when ironed to the T-shirt that stretches side to side. It doesn't stretch anymore. Some of the T-shirts seem stiff in places, but I think that is the amount of ink on them. Hope this helps. Ann

Have done t-shirt quilt both with and without stabilizer, the one without I did with te tear away. It ended up being more costly but it was really soft, used fleece as batting and used quilters flannel as backing. It turned out very nice and next time will spend the money to do taht again. Like I said it is more costly both in money and time. Take your time and it works well. GOOD LUCK!

I made a quilt with my son's t-shirts. I just cut two squares the same size - one from the front and one from the back. I placed the second square with the stretch going the opposite direction pinning them closely so the block wouldn't stretch. It worked and is very soft and cuddly.