quilting a tshirt quilt

Attention machine quilting gurus!

Despite the many quilts I've made, only a few have been MQed and I'm just
about ready to quilt the raffle t-shirt quilt. I have a thin cotton batting
and a flannel backing. Is there anything specific to quilting a tshirt quilt
that I should be aware of?

Thanks!
Marijke
in FREEZING Montreal

Just an off the top of my head thought. Sometimes knits want to be stitched
with a ballpoint needle rather than a sharp one. If you run into trouble,
you might swap to a ballpoint and see if things go better. Polly

"Marijke" wrote in message
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Attention machine quilting gurus!

Despite the many quilts I've made, only a few have been MQed and I'm just
about ready to quilt the raffle t-shirt quilt. I have a thin cotton
batting
and a flannel backing. Is there anything specific to quilting a tshirt
quilt
that I should be aware of?

Thanks!
Marijke
in FREEZING Montreal

"Marijke" wrote in
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Attention machine quilting gurus!

Despite the many quilts I've made, only a few have been MQed and I'm
just about ready to quilt the raffle t-shirt quilt. I have a thin
cotton batting and a flannel backing. Is there anything specific to
quilting a tshirt quilt that I should be aware of?

Thanks!
Marijke
in FREEZING Montreal



I do mine quilt-as-you-go by hand with outline quilting of the shirt
designs themselves.

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Donna
http://www.sewing.com

Use a ballpoint needle so that you don't break the knit thread. I use a
ballpoint any time I am using a knit fabric.

A walking foot will help to move both the top of the quilt along with the
backing so that you don't have it looking wonky.

May want to use a longer stitch so there is less pulling.

HTH

Debbi in SO CA
"Marijke" wrote in message
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Attention machine quilting gurus!

Despite the many quilts I've made, only a few have been MQed and I'm just
about ready to quilt the raffle t-shirt quilt. I have a thin cotton
batting
and a flannel backing. Is there anything specific to quilting a tshirt
quilt
that I should be aware of?

Thanks!
Marijke
in FREEZING Montreal

"Marijke" wrote in message
.. .
Attention machine quilting gurus!

Despite the many quilts I've made, only a few have been MQed and I'm just
about ready to quilt the raffle t-shirt quilt. I have a thin cotton
batting
and a flannel backing. Is there anything specific to quilting a tshirt
quilt
that I should be aware of?

I've quilted quite a number of them for customers, and the only thing
different I've run into is that when you sew over any lettering, the thread
can pick up colors from the t-shirt. Other than that, quilt away!

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Kathy A. (Woodland, CA)
Queen of Fabric Tramps
http://www.kayneyquilting.com ,
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