Making a quilt from knit fabric...

[pinky]

Hi there--

I'm planning to make a quilt from my girls' baby clothes, many of which are made of knit fabrics. From what I've read, the usual thing to do (like with a T-shirt quilt) is to fuse interfacing to the fabric and then cut it out for the quilt. I'm just trying to think through other options since it seems to me that using fusible interfacing will make the whole thing feel sort of crunchy.

Would it feel better if I fused the fabric to another stabilizing fabric (like muslin) instead? Are there kinds of fusible web that would feel softer than others?

Or can I make it work if I just piece the blocks and just sew them onto a muslin foundation without any fusible web at all? (or maybe just stabilizing the stretchiest knits)

Thanks for thinking this though with me, it's been keeping me up at night!!

[iowaorganic]

I would probably go with a medium to light fusible interfacing. When I do wall quilts I use heavy and when I wash it it turns out just fine- not crunchy- but stable.... Or I suppose you could do the muslin thing- but I would spray adhesive them together. Probably quilt basting spray would be the easiest adhesive. But that is messy and fumes and just a lot of work. the interfacing would be a lot less messy.

[AllisonK]

I did not use any interfacing on DD's quilt (made from her birth to 4 year clothes) and wish I had. I am making one for DH and bought muslin and spray adhesive but the glue stuff is pretty nasty. I can't use it as I am pg and nursing both say are no no's on the bottle so I have to wait for DH to do it.

[iowaorganic]

Originally Posted by AllisonK

I did not use any interfacing on DD's quilt (made from her birth to 4 year clothes) and wish I had. I am making one for DH and bought muslin and spray adhesive but the glue stuff is pretty nasty. I can't use it as I am pg and nursing both say are no no's on the bottle so I have to wait for DH to do it.

I guess I never looked at that on the spray. I just don't use it around the kids. The best is to take it outside.