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I want to do a sweat shirt quilt. I have read all the post here about the T shirt quilts. I was wondering if anyone has done this with sweat shirts? One of the post on the thread said to use a woven interfacing on the back for stablity. Now is that sort of like what you buy for making a dress or suit? I have some but it doesn't seem sturdy enough for sweat shirt fabric. Any help would be appreacated.
Thanks, Kathy

I would think you would use the same interfacing. I hope someone else knows.

A medium weight fusible intercacing would be a good choice so it won't be too stiff. Just fuse it before you cut. You'll do just fine, please post pics! Amie

I have added sweatshirts in t-shirt quilts.
I used the same interfacing as I did with my t-shirts. the reason for using the interfacing to to decrease the stretch factor with the t-shirts. A sweatshirt does not stretch the same way so a lighter interfacing would work....or a paper back to stabilize while sewing and then tear it away. The sweatshirt will not need the same support. Another suggestion is to do what a friend of mine did which was to serge her sweatshirt block and then the sereged edge held the shape without stretching as she added her sashing.

just some ideas to ponder. These are fun quilts to make..and they are well loved

the interfacing is just to keep them from stretching while sewing together - it is the same as you would use for cloth making

I made a quilt from sweatshirts using the rag quilt method. The cut edges of the sweat shirts don't fray, but using the rag method makes it really easy. I used medium weight fusible interfacing on the back of the sweatshirts, a cotton fabric for the backing and no batting since the sweatshirts were heavy enough. Each sweatshirt was 16 inches square. With wrong sides together, I stitched an "X" pattern to hold the sweaatshirt and backing fabric together. I then joined all the squares and cut the seam allowances. The quilt certainly isn't a beauty, but it was a big hit with my son, the owner of the sweatshirts.