T-Shirt Quilt
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T-Shirt Quilt
I have been asked to make a quilt from a little boy's collection of T-shirts. I have read on several sites that it is best to back the piece of shirt with an interfacing/stabilizer of some sort. Curious to know the best kind to use from some recommendations from those that have made one.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
#3
I used a brand name iron on stabilizer and was not happy with it. It kept coming off and I would have to re-iron, until I got the pieces sewn together. Good luck, try a few different ones. I will never make another T-shirt quilt!!
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I also use a very lightweight fusible. I have used Joanns store brand and Pellon featherweight fusible. It does add some weight to the quilt. I have never tried it but I have heard people have successfully made T-shirt quilts without interfacing and just starching the heck out of the Tshirts. I've made at least 7 or 8 over the years and always used fusible interfacing.
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Washing t-shirts with a fabric softener or drying with a dryer sheet impedes the fusible from properly fusing.
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This is what I am using now and I am pretty happy with it. Bought it off Amazon
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
#7
French Fuse is made to back T shirts. It's a tricot interfacing, so it has a little give to it, like the T shirts, but it firms them up well without making them stiff.
This is where I buy my tricot interfacing for T shirt quilts. It's the best price I have found:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/5-Yds-New-W...8AAOxyTjNScYZ6
This is where I buy my tricot interfacing for T shirt quilts. It's the best price I have found:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/5-Yds-New-W...8AAOxyTjNScYZ6
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I've made a ton of these--I prefer Pellon ShapeFlex--it's a woven, fusible--much like you find in fine tailored menswear. I buy it by 54" roll from a LQS and I like the handiness of that over the 24" width--but harder to find. If I'm having to use those poly woven shirts that have "holes" in them, I prefer the Pellon FW 911 (non-woven) as it backs those holes. Like Feline said, fabric softener makes it harder to fuse and shirts with poly in them are more difficult too as you need a lower heat on the shirts. I've found that if I use a moist pressing cloth on poly shirts it really helps fuse.
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