Solution for pulled threads and frayed edges on 100% cotton fabric???

[Casual Quilter]

Has anyone got an idea why the 100% cotton fabric on a client's quilt keeps having pulled threads and the cut edges are fraying badly.  I am using new needles and I even reduces the size from an NM 110/18 to a NM 100/16, but it still pulls threads.  Thanks

[jimerickson]

Is the fabric MODA?  I've had what looked like pulled thread, but it was the fabric thread "rolling" over exposing the poorly dyed back side.  Don't like MODA for that reason.  Jim

[roseA]

It could be poor quality fabric or over handling when it comes to fabric edges. I mostly use Free Spirit fabrics when I want to use prints. I've noticed more and more rolling of the fabric threads described above. This happens with the newer prints, not the older ones. I remember the owner of that fabric company mentioning a switch to laser printed fabric. Perhaps this is why? I would love to know that answer because they are probably not the only ones to switch to laser printing. Once I washed the quilt, the white underside of the fabric threads did not show. Could be a problem for show quilts though.