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Need sewing help....
I want to make a shirt like the ones I have seen on etsy which are a plain shirt, you cut out your child's age from a different fabric and sew it on. So... my DS is going to be 3 and it would be a big 3 made out of this fabric I found. It has ABC's on it because he is obsessed with letters.... but it is flannel.
I don't have a surger and I am aware that the flannel may fray. What is the best way to go about this project???? Do I take the cut out and sew around that first and then sew again to apply it to the t-shirt?? or is there another way I haven't thought of?
Plus...I know to wash the flannel first before I sew because of shrinkage.
Please respond like I'm a 1st grader...I'm a sewing newbee. Thanks!
Jill * Married to Steven 11/9/03 * DS Samuel 4/4/05* DS #2 Jeffrey 6/13/2009
Re: Need sewing help....
This is a good tutorial about how to applique a number to a tshirt. (This is helpful as well.) The zigzag stitch around the edge will minimize the fraying-- you can also adjust the width of the zigzag stitch to be really small so that it looks like a solid line instead, like this:
(This particular shirt was done with an embroidery machine-- but I've made similar stitching on my sewing machine. Not the name, but the outline on the shapes.)
The only issue with adjusting the zig zag is that if the shirt is stretched at all, it will be wavy on the applique.
I didn't click the links, but I would use some H&B Lite to iron onto the back of the fabric, cut out your shape and then iron on and zig zag stitch. If you keep super close to the edge, you will have minimal fraying.
TTC Baby #2 - BFP on 12/14/11 @ 10DPO - CP confirmed 12/18/11
BFP #2 on 1/13/12
I use an iron-on tear-away stabilizer on the inside of the t-shirt where the design will be every time I applique or embroider. Never had any issues.