Originally Posted by
Zebra2
There is a product called Terial Magic that is great for stabilizing tshirts for quilts. It's a liquid that you saturate the tshirt with, let it dry and it stiffins them and makes sewing and quilting a breeze. No additional stabilizer is needed. Once the quilt is finished you wash it out and the shirts become soft again. Awesome stuff!!
The OP doesn't need stabilizer she wants a way to do fusible applique with T-shirts. I don't think Misty fuse would be strong enough to keep the odd cuts of T-shirt from curling and applying any wash out stuff like Terial Magic or full strength starch may keep the fusible from properly fusing. Like to use misty fuse you must prewash the fabric to get out any factory sizing otherwise it comes right up again and doesn't stay fused. Especially in narrow shapes that come to a point. If she managed to get it satin stitched down or blanket stitched down before it starts pulling away then it may work but I would be concerned about the nature of T-shirts wanting to curl where you cut them.
She would definitely have to experiment with scraps. Reversible applique may be her solution. Leave the t-shirts square then cut the shape out of the center of a square of regular fabric and place the regular fabric over the t-shirt and fuse that way, with the cut out over the T-shirt emblem she is trying to showcase. Will make for a really heavy quilt though. And for some stressful pressing, trying to get those shapes fused properly with a pressing cloth blocking your view, etc. Maybe she could try doing reversible with elmers washable school glue.