T Shirt Quilt Stabilizer

In this video i show you my favorite stabilizer when making t shirt quilts and how i go about using it to stabilize my t shirt mater.

T shirt quilt stabilizer. So even if a quilter is making traditional style t shirt quilts they don t have to use interfacing. Sewing two pieces of t shirt material together is very easy. The t shirt quilt blocks are assembled in individual strips and then the strips are sewn together building the body of the quilt. Has anyone used a polyester tee shirt in your quilt you know the kind like a basketball jersey.

A t shirt as you know stretches around. Reply 04 16 2018 07 53 pm 2 peckish. Modern styles of t shirt quilts have also eliminated the need to add non t shirt materials to a quilt. From personal trials i believe that constructing the quilt based on vertical strips is the easiest because there is a little more room for adjustment in the length of material available from your shirt block.

I like this style because i can use the front of the t shirt and also use a motif that might be on the sleeve of the t shirt or on the back of the t shirt. I can use more of the t shirts really capturing memories. Super lightweight interfacing is great as it adds no bulk but there is some stretch to it one way. Lay the stabilizer square with its glue side the rougher side of the interfacing against the reverse side of the t shirt image.

Update from reader marilyn who has made many t shirt quilts and taught t shirt quilting. T shirts stretch one way. So let s talk a little bit about the right kind of stabilizer to use on a t shirt quilt. This stabilizes the t shirt fabric which is typically a lightweight worn knit making it much easier to sew and piece together.

Fuse it to the t shirt front wrong side and then fussy cut the t shirt motif and or block from the shirt. For those of you that have made t shirt quilts what stabilizer do you recommend. Easy to quilt and won t gum needles. Created especially for making t shirt quilts this stabilizer is soft and invisible.

Fusible interfacing midweight fabric for quilting stabilizer t shirt handmade face masks nonwoven one side fusible iron on adhesive 60 x 2 yard white 4 6 out of 5 stars 6 18 99 18.