Originally Posted by MomtoBostonTerriers
Originally Posted by PatriceJ
i'm in the process of making a t-shirt quilt. i'm not using any stabilizer at all. i've simply spray basted the t-shirts to the batting. each block is backed with scrap muslin. since i'm stippling around the motifs, the shirts remain flat.
i'm making it up as i go along, so i have no idea yet what the final layout will be. it'll be a quilt-as-i-go. these are a few of the "blocks" so far.
once the top is cobbled together, i'm going to flip it over and use turkey tracks to fasten the pieced back. the stitches will go through the muslin and batting, but not show on the front.
PatriceJ,
Your stippling is to die for! Can I come take lessons from you? Shouldn't take more than a few years to teach me how to do this.
you're very kind. i'm still very much a beginner when it comes to freemotion. my stippling usually looks at least acceptable on the front. we will
not however talk about the way it often looks on the back. i'm getting very good at picking out sections of stitching and filling them back in. :lol: :lol: :lol:
i see that i'm outvoted by a landslide about whether or not to use stabilizer. but ... hopeless rebel that i am, i'm going to continue without it. so far, spray basting them to the batting is serving well enough.