cblevins Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Sylvia or anyone that does t shirt quilts, what do you use to stabilize? Brand??? Thanks a ton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerriM Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Cheri, I've made a lot of t-shirt quilts and have had great success with with tricot fusibile interfacing. It's a soft stretchable interfacing that works great. When you lay your square of t-shirt fabric down to press it on, you need to find out which way it stretches the most and also which way the interfacing stretches the most and then lay interfacing the opposite stretch as the t-shirt. Hope that makes sense. If most t-shirt stretch is horizontal than place the most tricot stretch going vertical. This stabilizes the t-shirt great. If I want a 14" t-shirt block, I will cut it at 15" motif centered, then cut tricot slightly smaller, iron on, then re-cut it the right 14" size so that the tricot completely covers the t-shirt block. Hope it helps. Kerri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merryjo2003 Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Cheri, Eleanor Burns has a pattern which recommends the non-woven iron-on light to medium weight pellon interfacing. I personally prefer the woven because I like the feel and drape better. I also think the lighter weight is better because t-shirt quilts can get so heavy! The main goal to stabilizing is to keep the knit from stretching so we can quilt it and it won't stretch out of shape. I had one customer use a product that was sold at Joanns especially for stabilizing t-shirts. It looked like a thin plastic film on the back of the shirts. I had no idea if it would work or quilt but I told her I would give it a try. It quilted just fine and didn't gum up my needle like I thought it would. I haven't had any problems quilting with the interfacing either. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 I use Pellon but I always buy when it is on sale because that part can be very expensive. I like the medium weight best and avoid the heavy weight completely (makes the quilt to heavy). Cheri, don't stress, SweetGirl, once you have had success with one you can make a million. The pay is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cblevins Posted October 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Thanks everyone! She is bringing the shirts next week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFQuilts Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Pellon 906F. Lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cblevins Posted October 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 Thanks Lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 I've used Pellon SF101. Several years ago someone one this forum suggested it, so I tried it and it seemed to be good, although I haven't tried the others mentioned now. I buy it by the bolt with my Joann's coupon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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