ladydukes

My sister wants to make a tee shirt quilt for her diabetic teenage grandson. What stabilizer or pellon do you recommend and why? I saw on Nancy Zieman that one of her guests recommended knit type. I looked it up online and saw that it is rather expensive. Is there a good alternative?

Also, any suggestions or tips on making the quilt?

cindi

Many people like knit, others like super-lightweight fusible. It's pretty much half-and-half. It just depends on what's available and what you like. I've made lots of t-shirt quilts and have used both. I am not particular to one or the other. I use what's on sale. For my tutorial, I used a lightweight Pellon. It works great. You might want to search the board for "t-shirt quilt" - there's been a LOT of talk about this lately, and you'll find lots of great tips.

Treasureit

I used NON-Woven fusible Pellon...it does not stretch and holds the tees and keeps them from stretching. It made it so easy to cut and sew. Someone sent me a really good tute...I will see if I can find it. It really helped a lot...or maybe she will see this and send it. HOPE

M.Elizabeth

I also used non-woven fusible and made quilts from t-shirts from my two sons. It worked quite well.

Treasureit

Here is the link when I asked about making one...I think I got good advise.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...t195102-2.html

Treasureit

The gal that sent me the instructions was feline-fanatic from this board...maybe you can search for her and ask for the instructions.

PlanoDebbie

I love making t-shirt quilts. Here is the one I just finished yesterday. This pic was taken last week after I took it off of my long arm machine.

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