quiltingcove

I have a bunch of my kids shirts from when they were small, I have been wanting to do a quilt with them. Do you use anything to stableize the t shirts? I have been going back and forth on using something or not. How about some opinions!
Thanks!

cnolan

Thanks for all the possitive comments!!! I used a stabilizer that I bought at Walmart. My first T-shirt quilt I used more of an interfacing, so I had to press the t-shirts onto another piece of fabric ~ what a pain! This stabilizer was much easier to use. It was just a matter of pressing the stabilizer onto the back of the t-shirts, then trimming to size. One thing I will caution about though is the iron temperature: if your iron is too hot, it can melt/destroy the patterns on the t-shirts, and it can "undo the glue" on the stabilizer. So... as you are pressing your seams later, be careful!

I most definitely would NOT do a t-shirt quilt without stabilizing the fabric one way or another! The t-shirts are hard enough to deal with without worrying about all the extra stretch!

Bottom line is simple... if I can make T-shirt quilts, ANYONE can do it! :lol:

Ybridgegal

Really like it....haven't started my sons yet. Most of his shirts are white and not much of any other...good idea

quiltwhisperer

this quilt is beautiful---i luvvv it !!!!

mimee4

Very very nice.

Quilt4u

Very nice

mytwopals

Nice job. I like it. :D

jbsstrawberry

Completely AWESOME!!! I'm thinkin well worth the wait! Your client will just love it!!

littlehud

I really like that. Great job.

cnolan

Do you want to know what response I got from the client when I sent her these pictures?

"The quilt does look nice".

If that isn't totally anticlimactic and disappointing, I don't know what is! :shock: :( :!:

Oh well.... you all seem to love it. That will have to be good enough for me! :lol: Thanks again for alll the wonderful comments!!