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Posted by Georg on September 19, 2005, 2:23 pm
Leanne wrote:
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> Just heard this is a slick way to do t-shirts... using flannel on the back
> side. Anyone tried this? Do I still have to use interfacing to stabilize
> the shirts? What's a good filling -- a thin polyester batt or just another
> layer of flannel? How much smaller would the batting need to be in each
> square if I used a poly batt? Seems to me this would be kind of soft and
> cozy. What do you think? I suppose you would still need to snip it every
> 1/2 inch but the t-shirt fabric wouldn't fray much. Hmmmm.
Flannel for rag quilts shrinks a lot- and that's part of the charm. They
get more raggedy and fluffy the more they are washed.
T-shirts, because they have been washed a lot, tend not to shrink. If
you wash the flannel several times first, it may be an option. I would
still stabilize, because the knit fabric is Very Stretchy. Or stitch
over it a lot and stablize with thread. T-shirt decorations however can
be very hard to stitch through.
Also, my flannel rag quilts are very warm without batting.
Some points to ponder for you,
-georg
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> side. Anyone tried this? Do I still have to use interfacing to stabilize
> the shirts? What's a good filling -- a thin polyester batt or just another
> layer of flannel? How much smaller would the batting need to be in each
> square if I used a poly batt? Seems to me this would be kind of soft and
> cozy. What do you think? I suppose you would still need to snip it every
> 1/2 inch but the t-shirt fabric wouldn't fray much. Hmmmm.