T- Shirt Quilt Help
10-17-2011, 03:55 PM
#52
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Originally Posted by frugalfabrics
http://reviews.ebay.com/Make-Your-Ow...00000000832366
here's a guide I wrote many years ago on making a t-shirt quilt.
the link is off my ebay page.
here's a guide I wrote many years ago on making a t-shirt quilt.
the link is off my ebay page.
10-17-2011, 06:13 PM
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As a longarm quilter, please be kind to your longarm quilter by using a tricot iron-on interfacing to stablize the t-shirts. It is the only one that stays stuck down, doesn't add as much weight as other types and brands of iron-on interfacing, and it is soft. I find it helpful to use a thin pressing cloth (I use a plain "floursack tea towel) between your interfacing and the iron. The pressing cloth prevents any residue from the interfacing building up on your iron.
10-18-2011, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by quiltingqueenonline
As a longarm quilter, please be kind to your longarm quilter by using a tricot iron-on interfacing to stablize the t-shirts. It is the only one that stays stuck down, doesn't add as much weight as other types and brands of iron-on interfacing, and it is soft. I find it helpful to use a thin pressing cloth (I use a plain "floursack tea towel) between your interfacing and the iron. The pressing cloth prevents any residue from the interfacing building up on your iron.
10-18-2011, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ZTAgirlknits
You guys have all been super helpful!!! Now I just need to find the right interfacing and I should be good to go! Where does one find these brands like pellon and tricot and all that?
10-18-2011, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ZTAgirlknits
You guys have all been super helpful!!! Now I just need to find the right interfacing and I should be good to go! Where does one find these brands like pellon and tricot and all that?
10-18-2011, 06:21 PM
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Great tips...I use a Lightweight, Nonwoven, fusible (purple package at Walmart, or off the bolt..depends on how many I want to make)..and I do mine like purfectquilts does.
Originally Posted by purrfectquilts
Use the lightest weight fusible stablizer you can find. Making sure that you put the stretch of the stablizer crosswise of the stretch of the t shirt. I cut the stabilizer into pieces slightly larger than I want, fuse it to the shirt and then cut the block to size.
Use a wee touch of a washable glue stick to help hold your seams open rather than pressing to one side (less bulk). Press nicely but remember not to press over any rubberized, painted, etc. emblems on the t shirt.
They look good with or without sashing. This picture will show some of the blocks I am working on. They are not yet in final placement and do not show the sashing.
Use a wee touch of a washable glue stick to help hold your seams open rather than pressing to one side (less bulk). Press nicely but remember not to press over any rubberized, painted, etc. emblems on the t shirt.
They look good with or without sashing. This picture will show some of the blocks I am working on. They are not yet in final placement and do not show the sashing.
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