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Step 12Attaching the batting and backing
This T-shirt quilt is finished in the same manner as many other quilts. I have expedited many of the steps considering that the difficult portion of making a T-shirt quilt is completing the top, which you have now done!
Basically, the batting and the quilt top are attached to each other and secured with safety pins from the top side. Place the blanket batting on your work surface and lay your quilt face up on the top surface. Use as many safety pins as needed to keep the top from moving off the batting too much. All the pins can be easily removed once the back is sewn on and the quilt is turned right side out.
Dealing with the edges of the batting is primarily dependent on how you wish to finish edge. If you desire batting within your blanket binding edge, then extend the batting as much as needed beyond the edge of the quilt top. If you desire very little border, then fit batting closer to the quilt top edge and so on. If extra blanket batting extends beyond your desired area just cut it off, it will be secured when the finished edging is sewn or attached.
Once your quilt top is secure to the blanket batting, place your backing material face down on top of the pinned quilt top and straight pin along the outer seam edge adjusting to your desired technique of finishing the edge. This will create layers (starting from the bottom) of blanket batting, quilt top (face up), and backing material (face down). These layers are now ready to sew together.
This can be a fairly bulky maneuvering process, remember to use the rolling technique when feeding through your machine. You will sew three edges completely, leaving the fourth edge with enough open (unsewn) area to turn the quilt right side out.
When the quilt is turned right side out, you will want to press the edges flat, close the open portion on the fourth edge by hand or machine. Once the final seam is closed, lie the quilt out flat on your work surface and shape the edges and corners into their final placement. Now, carefully remove the safety pins from the top and batting and immediately replace each pin through the backing material, now including all the layers of the quilt. This will keep your layers from shifting while you continue with blanket binding, or even top-stitch to finish the edges. You can be creative with your edging and find plenty of other sources for quilt finishing options, have fun with it.
Basically, the batting and the quilt top are attached to each other and secured with safety pins from the top side. Place the blanket batting on your work surface and lay your quilt face up on the top surface. Use as many safety pins as needed to keep the top from moving off the batting too much. All the pins can be easily removed once the back is sewn on and the quilt is turned right side out.
Dealing with the edges of the batting is primarily dependent on how you wish to finish edge. If you desire batting within your blanket binding edge, then extend the batting as much as needed beyond the edge of the quilt top. If you desire very little border, then fit batting closer to the quilt top edge and so on. If extra blanket batting extends beyond your desired area just cut it off, it will be secured when the finished edging is sewn or attached.
Once your quilt top is secure to the blanket batting, place your backing material face down on top of the pinned quilt top and straight pin along the outer seam edge adjusting to your desired technique of finishing the edge. This will create layers (starting from the bottom) of blanket batting, quilt top (face up), and backing material (face down). These layers are now ready to sew together.
This can be a fairly bulky maneuvering process, remember to use the rolling technique when feeding through your machine. You will sew three edges completely, leaving the fourth edge with enough open (unsewn) area to turn the quilt right side out.
When the quilt is turned right side out, you will want to press the edges flat, close the open portion on the fourth edge by hand or machine. Once the final seam is closed, lie the quilt out flat on your work surface and shape the edges and corners into their final placement. Now, carefully remove the safety pins from the top and batting and immediately replace each pin through the backing material, now including all the layers of the quilt. This will keep your layers from shifting while you continue with blanket binding, or even top-stitch to finish the edges. You can be creative with your edging and find plenty of other sources for quilt finishing options, have fun with it.
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