Happy Wednesday!
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Building Courage to Start the T-Shirt Quilt
My Men each have an impressive collection of t-shirts. I finally convinced one of my sons to sacrifice a few so I could make a quilt! But now that I am staring at a pile of carefully selected special shirts, I am NERVOUS.
I know my first step involves ironing a piece of interfacing to the back of this BUT all I can envision is Super Mario melting onto my iron. So, I pause. More research required!
Happy Wednesday!
Kathy
Happy Wednesday!
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Iron from the back with a pressing cloth...you'll do great!! Now, breathe!
ReplyDeleteHi Kathy, I have made several t-shirt quilts and I used these pressing sheets. http://www.amazon.com/Applique-pressing-transparent-reusable-non-stick/dp/B002Y1D8DE
ReplyDeleteYour transfer can still get hot enough to melt but it doesn't stick to your iron and if you let it cool a couple seconds it won't disturb the transfer. I use 2 of them at once, on on the ironing board to protect it and one on top of the transfer. You can also put the t-shirt fact down on the board or have it right side up, I have done it both ways. Good luck!
I had a friend of a friend call me out of the blue last summer and asked if I would be interested in making a T shirt quilt for her son. I took a deep breath and said no passing along a name of someone I knew who had made one displayed in our school office. I felt a little guilty saying no but I'm so glad I did because I would not like my 1st attempt at one to be on someone else's shirts!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to seeing how you go about it.