T shirt quilt and interfacing

Posted by on March 5, 2006, 2:33 am

I'm making a tee shirt quilt for my kid's class. It'll be a wall quilt.
I have done quilting but haven't done tee shirt quilts. I have been
google searching on reading on how to make one:

http://www.goosetracks.com/T-Shirt%20Quilt%20Instructions.html
http://www.diynet.com/diy/shows_qlt/article/0,2045,DIY_15080_2505039,00.html
http://www.straw.com/quilting/articles/teequilts_how.html
and www.hgtv.com (Simply Quilt has a show on tee shirt quilt)

But I got confused on what inferfacing to use when I went to the
stores. There are so many types and brands displayed on the shelves. I
asked the people worked there which ones to use for tee shirt quilts.
They told me to use woven interfacing. But from what I read, non-woven
interface was the recommended one.

I only have little time to make the quilt. I'd appreciate if you would
give me some pointers -- woven or non-woven. Please recommend the names
/ brands that you've tried and like.

Thanks much in advance.

Ming

Posted by Jessamy on March 5, 2006, 2:41 am

non woven.. the woven won't stabilise the stretchy t-shirt material
sufficiently.

I wouldn't use one that is too thick or sewing would be horrid - heat and
bond light (or similar) should do nicely.

HTH

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I'm making a tee shirt quilt for my kid's class. It'll be a wall quilt.
I have done quilting but haven't done tee shirt quilts. I have been
google searching on reading on how to make one:

http://www.goosetracks.com/T-Shirt%20Quilt%20Instructions.html
http://www.diynet.com/diy/shows_qlt/article/0,2045,DIY_15080_2505039,00.html
http://www.straw.com/quilting/articles/teequilts_how.html
and www.hgtv.com (Simply Quilt has a show on tee shirt quilt)

But I got confused on what inferfacing to use when I went to the
stores. There are so many types and brands displayed on the shelves. I
asked the people worked there which ones to use for tee shirt quilts.
They told me to use woven interfacing. But from what I read, non-woven
interface was the recommended one.

I only have little time to make the quilt. I'd appreciate if you would
give me some pointers -- woven or non-woven. Please recommend the names
/ brands that you've tried and like.

Thanks much in advance.

Ming

Posted by Julia in MN on March 5, 2006, 8:57 am

Heat'n'bond is not an interfacing; it is a fusible web. An interfacing
is fusible on only one side, and is used to make a fabric feel firmer. A
fusible web is used to fuse two pieces of fabric together.

For a t-shirt quilt, you want something that will make the shirts firmer
and easier to work with, but not so stiff you can't still cuddle in the
quilt. I would use the lightest weight, non-woven fusible interfacing I
could find. Something like "Pellon featherweight" should work. Even the
most stable non-wovens have a bit of stretch, and generally stretch more
in one direction than the other. If the t-shirt stretches more going
side-to-side, put the interfacing on it so the interfacing's stretch
goes top-to-bottom. You could also try one of the soft fusible knit
interfacing; they should be okay if you put the stretch in the opposite
direction as that of the shirt, and they are nice and soft.

Here is a chart of interfacings that might be helpful:
http://www.fiber-images.com/Free_Things/Reference_Charts/interfacing_guide.htm

Julia in MN

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Posted by Pati Cook on March 5, 2006, 10:01 am

No..... Not Heat and Bond.... that is a fusible web. You want a fusible
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Don't want to stick the shirts to the batting.

I like HTC brand interfacing better than Pellon brand. The glue on the
Pellon is in tiny dots and I have had it come through the fabric in dots
and pick up dirt. HTC's glue is more of a web, no dots. Buy the
lightest weight you can. I buy and use quite a bit of it for specialty
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want to use. and fuse it on before the final cut on the shirt, so you
cut through both interfacing and shirt.
When applying it, make sure to press, not iron. And overlap your
pressing position, because the places where the steam holes are in your
iron soleplate will not fuse, no pressure there.

Pati, in Phx

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Posted by Jessamy on March 5, 2006, 12:28 pm

LOL trust me to get the brand name wrong.. we have umpteen variations of the
vliso brand to pick from .. all different...

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In The Netherlands
Take out: so much quilting to reply.
Time to accept, time to grow, time to take things slow
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No..... Not Heat and Bond.... that is a fusible web. You want a fusible
show/hide quoted text
Don't want to stick the shirts to the batting.

I like HTC brand interfacing better than Pellon brand. The glue on the
Pellon is in tiny dots and I have had it come through the fabric in dots
and pick up dirt. HTC's glue is more of a web, no dots. Buy the
lightest weight you can. I buy and use quite a bit of it for specialty
show/hide quoted text
want to use. and fuse it on before the final cut on the shirt, so you
cut through both interfacing and shirt.
When applying it, make sure to press, not iron. And overlap your
pressing position, because the places where the steam holes are in your
iron soleplate will not fuse, no pressure there.

Pati, in Phx

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