jagcork Posted September 19, 2018 Report Share Posted September 19, 2018 I am having small tufts of batting coming through the stitching on the back every so often. I have changed the needle...used different battings...loosened the sandwich and am at a loss. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimerickson Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 What type batting are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagcork Posted September 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 I have used bother Hobbs 80/20 and Quilter's Dream Request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimerickson Posted September 25, 2018 Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 Well, cotton does beard so that might be the cause. What fabric are you using for the back? If the back is a dark color, and the "wrong" side of the back is much lighter in color, it could be that some of the backing threads are rolling over as you sew, making it look like bearding. Moda fabric is notorious for this. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca Grace Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 First, are you careful to load your batting right side up? Like Dawn Cavanaugh says in her video, remember "dimples up, pimples down." Needle punched battings like the ones you're using should be loaded so that your machine's needle is entering the batting in the same direction that the needle punching was done at the batting factory. Another consideration is thread. I had a similar issue with a Minky backed quilt where I used monofilament to SID and had NO problems with batting poking through, but then when I switched to cotton Aurifil thread for decorative quilting I started to get those random batting tufts. I finally decided that it was the textured surface of the cotton thread that was "grabbing" those batting fibers and pulling them through the needle holes at the back side of the thread. I don't know why this happens with some quilts and not others, but my experience is that slippery threads like Glide trilobal polyester or monofilament are less prone to this problem. One more thought -- what size needle are you using? A smaller needle would leave a smaller hole for batting to poke out. In fact, sometimes it just looks like the batting is poking out when really you're just seeing the batting through a large needle hole, and as soon as the quilt relaxes off the frame or is washed, those needle holes close up and the problem goes away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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