I've done it with a T-shirt stitched on 8-count before and a tank top stitched on 14 count, and though I was worried about that, too, especially with the 8 count one, they both came out well, even with the dryer involved! I haven't really had anything done on waste fabric disintegrate on me before, disregarding a tote bag that got used too much and came apart at the seams.