BERiley Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of my new Lucey and will need to quilt a T-shirt quilt for a graduating senior as soon as possible. Does anyone have any useful tips or suggestions that might help this newbie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InesR Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Congratulations on your new Lucy. You are going to love your machine. Assuming the t-shirts have a stabilizer on them, remember to go a little slower over them. Also if any screen printing on them, slower there as well. Lucy can handle it, just being kind. ") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERiley Posted April 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Thank you for the tip! I have been wondering how challenging the different fabrics/layers would be to quilt through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibbyG Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Watch out for the sticky lettering on some of the shirts. They would gum my needle and then I'd throw the needle away. But, Barb Mayfield said she just cleans hers in alcohol and reuses it. I have better success with a 4.5 needle with my Millenium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERiley Posted April 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Oh, wow! That's good to know. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABurgan Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 Hello , I need some help concerning other " Materials " given to make a T-shirt Quilt.. I was given a Jacket with plastic / varsity type lettering .. debating on whether to give it back to the Customer or putting it in the quilt even though its not T-shirt softness.. and will the machine even stitch thru that lettering .. its not the 'gummy' type lettering .. its more " plastic' or stiffer than normal .. Has anyone stitched thru materials such as the 15 ' in the picture ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piecrust Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 I would give that one back. I prefer working with t-shirts that are 100% cotton and using a woven stabilizer. I have found that the dry fit t-shirts don't work very well either. As stated by InezR, sew slowly over the designs. I like t-shirt quilts that have a little fabric around the blocks, not just blocks of t-shirts to add contrast and interest. A friend of mine used a "water" fabric as the base for her daughters water skiing t-shirts. Adorable! Here's one of mine: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERiley Posted October 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2018 Wow! That is a beautiful quilt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted October 6, 2018 Report Share Posted October 6, 2018 On 10/4/2018 at 3:34 AM, RABurgan said: Hello , I need some help concerning other " Materials " given to make a T-shirt Quilt.. I was given a Jacket with plastic / varsity type lettering .. debating on whether to give it back to the Customer or putting it in the quilt even though its not T-shirt softness.. and will the machine even stitch thru that lettering .. its not the 'gummy' type lettering .. its more " plastic' or stiffer than normal .. Has anyone stitched thru materials such as the 15 ' in the picture ? You can quilt through this but go slow. Or, you could just quilt around the numbers. Whatever you feel most comfortable with. Remember that these machines are industrial strength. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABurgan Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 Thank you .. I quilted around it .. I know they are industrial strength.. but. not sure it would have looked at smooth as I would have wanted it to look.. it turned out like I wanted and I used the hard plastic lettered shirt as a tote to. carry it in . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gail O Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 Beauty! Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted March 18, 2019 Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 All great advice!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InesR Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 that looks nice. You did a good job! Thanks for showing us the finished Quilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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