? T-Shirt quilt quilting
#1
? T-Shirt quilt quilting
Ya"ll have such great advice. Can I quilts over the "rubbery" logos ? I am making a t-shirt quilt for a young friend. She wants queen size and I don't think I can do it on my machine. My long arm quilter just uses computerized patterns. So----- can I quilt over the logos? Thanks for your help --- Janice
#3
You can, but results will vary, as you will soon see from the replies you'll get here. I personally avoid the rubberized logos - I had tension problems and it left holes in the rubber area. I will quilt any area around the logo or in an un-rubberized area within the logo, but not the logo itself. Others swear it works fine though. Plus, I think when you leave the logo unquilted it puffs out very nicely. I suggest if you've got an extra shirt, try it on that, first. Machines vary, results vary.
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I have done it on my home machine but it is not ideal. The rubbery logos tend to grab the needle and thread. I tend to outline the logo (or stitch through when it is a narrow design area). If there are words and the letters are large, I will outline quilt around each letter. If the words are small I will just outline quilt around the entire word or line of words. here is a link to one I made. (post number 12)
http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...ml#post6496970
http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...ml#post6496970
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maybe you could check around for a long-arm quilter who will do some echo quilting- or free motion meandering on your quilt instead. I've quilted lots of t-shirt quilts for customers and a couple times found it necessary to quilt on a logo (generally when it was too large to not have some quilting in it- I've not had a lot of problems with it- but it does depend on how *stiff-thick* the logo is- if the t-shirt has been worn, used, laundered lots it is not really a problem- if it's new, stiff/thick & rubbery it leaves holed and is pretty hard on your needle. (but it can be done)
#8
Has anyone tried using a teflon foot for stitching over the "rubbery" logos? I haven't succeeded stitching over those with the regular foot, so I machine stitched the seams of the sashings and hand stitched around the logos. I have since purchased a teflon foot but haven't tried it out yet.
I did have a tee shirt quilt done by a longarmer and she did an overall design. It was very well done.
I did have a tee shirt quilt done by a longarmer and she did an overall design. It was very well done.
#9
I hand quilt and I do not stitch through any logos. I use an alternative method of stitching around the design or around the block. I also put a stripping material between my blocks and quilt a quarter of an inch from the seam on these blocks to support my seams.
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