Do t-shirt quilts need a stabilier?
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You absolutely do have to stabilize the T-shirts. They are cotton knit, not a weave, and anything knit is very fluid. I know there is a stabilizer which is often recommended and which several members of my quilting group say is really hard to work with, and I forget what it is called (Is is "woven"? and you are supposed to place the weave cross ways to the way the knit stretches the most? That's what I think I remember, lol). But I do remember that what they prefer to use is the thinnest one JoAnn's has---It's only about 99 cents a yard and doesn't stretch. Fuse to the backside of the T-shirts before cutting out the squares.
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Here's a Missouri Star Quilting Company video on making a t-shirt quilt that may help.
Found this on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE3jqR2N4KA
Found this on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE3jqR2N4KA
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Thank you so much for the link. Never thought to look on YouTube. Just viewed the tute & I'm on my way to purchase the stabilizer.
Here's a Missouri Star Quilting Company video on making a t-shirt quilt that may help.
Found this on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE3jqR2N4KA
Found this on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE3jqR2N4KA
#7
Here's a Missouri Star Quilting Company video on making a t-shirt quilt that may help.
Found this on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE3jqR2N4KA
Found this on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE3jqR2N4KA
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