patrea Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 I am going to quilt my first t-shirt quilt. The t-shirts are new, never been washed with a very heavy screen print on them. What are my needles holes going to look like? I do not have a sample tshirt to practice on and wondering if the holes are going to be large and ugly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirleyl Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 I have done several T-Shit quilts, just go slow over the heavy screen print. I use monolon thread on the ones I have done. If it is a large area of solid screen print, you will see the holes. But I didn't consider the ugly, if you are freehanding it you can sometimes, go on a line or something, it varies by T-Shirt. The puffy stuff is the worse and I avoid going thru that. Will be interested to see what everyone else says. Shirley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 I quilt T-shirt quilts all the time. I use a 3.5 needle and I stitch through everything. Just slow down on the puffy parts so the hot needle won't spread the dye in the rubber stuff. I have never, never had a problem quilting throught it wharsoever! I use what ever thread I think looks good! Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOwens Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 I agree with Sylvia. I do T-shirt quilts often (especially this time of year) and quilt through everything. When I am presented with new shirts I do give the customer the option of washing them or I will wash and dry them for a charge. This makes me feel better, knowing that any excess dye has been removed before I make the quilt, and hopefully avoid a problem with the finished product. In re-reading your post I see that you are only doing the quilting. I make the tops and do the quilting. Good luck on your first one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Ditto with Sylvia and DOwens. Just go slow and quilt right through it all. I also use any kind of thread except monolon. I wrapped a bunch of that stuff up inside my domenstic machine and had to have it repaired. I don't want to go there with my longarm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoryJM Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 I'm quilting my first t-shirt quilt too...with monolon. It keeps breaking and making me crazy. However, it is probably operator error... I'm not stitching through the really thick stuff and I have a 4.0 needle in. I may try switching if the thread keeps breaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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