polyester fabric question

[busybee]

I am trying to do a polyester fabric quilt. I have done them before with no problems. Now tension is fine and when I start on poly top it skips some stitches. I tried lowering bar, slowing down, more stitches per inch, raised foot a tad. What else can I do to stop the skipping stitches?

My machine just does not like this top. :mad:

Any suggestions?

[Front Porch Quilting]

A little sewers aide on the thread?

[Mrs.A]

I'm not sure if this will help at all, Nita, but here is what I have learned from my DSM:

I've never tried quilting on polyester fabric and this may sound like a crazy question but do they make UNIVERSAL needles for longarms? A sharp needle pierces the fabric (harder to do with some polyesters) but a universal needle (which is a cross between a sharp and a ballpoint needle) pushes the thread aside to make the stitch.

I know there are some brilliant folks here on the forum that can give you just the solution.

Nancy in Tucson

[Quilting Heidi]

I think Dawn Cavanaugh said that APQS still had some of the ballpoint needles. That very well may be your problem. Is the poly very tightly woven? If you can't get the ballpoint needles you might want to try a bigger needle.

[ckeindl]

Needle-type was the first thing that came to my mind as well What kind of needle do people use on T-shirt quilts? I'm interested in seeing the answers to this post as well. Let us know how it comes out. Thanks!