jzollin Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Hi Guys, I recently quilted a quilt for a lady who brought me a very thin stretchy batting to use. I had batting pokies on the back, after my first pass I saw them and changed the needle. It helped some, but I still had the pokies. She just e-mailed me about them and suggested that I try changing my needle more often. It seems that no matter what I do, I have at least some batting pokies on the back. I usually use So Fine or Bottom Line in the bobbin. My question is this, is there somthing I can do to suck the pokies back into the quilt after it is quilted but before I give it to the customer? Jill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jzollin Posted December 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 I forgot to add that I always use a size 3.5 needle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramona-quilter Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 What kind of batting are you using? Is it possible that the batting was mounted upside down? Some battings have a scrim so it is easy to figure out which is the top and which is the bottom. Some are not so easy. But I get pokies if I laid the batting upside down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veg-girl Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 If you have got scrim which is up and which down? When quilting on my DSM I have always put the smoother sides up so that there are fewer rough bits on the top surface which may show through the quilt front. Pokies don\'t seem such a problem on the DSM, is this due to the harder punching power of the long arm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizziesgirl Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 I was really surprised at what a difference it makes when you put the scrim side down and the pokies are a lot less. I also ruff the quilt up some so that it pulls the pokies back in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jzollin Posted December 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 This particular quilt was using a really thin cotton type of Quilters Dream. I try really hard every time to tell which side is up and which side is down. But really I just feel that I am guessing. I can\'t be putting it upside down all the time can I? I was looking at the last quilt that I did. It had really cheap brown fabric with no pattern on it on the back, and I didn\'t have one batting pokie. Then I realized that my customer had sent one of those huge puffy poly batts. I didn\'t do anything different. It must be the batting. So, how do I get rid of them after they are quilted in? Sheryl, can you explain what you mean by "ruff the quilt up"? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthieq Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 I think I have heard that it occurs more often when the backing fabric has been washed. Was this last fabric pre-washed? I have also heard that you can spray starch the heck out of it before quilting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenscratch Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 I think the batting makers need to put a little line of color on the scrim side, in the outer edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jzollin Posted December 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Teresa, I think that is a GENIOUS idea! Why can\'t the batting makers think of that????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramona-quilter Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Jill, It is easier to tell which side goes up on Warm & Natural, it goes "dirty side up". I know that Quilter\'s Dream does not have scrim onthe cotton batts. I have always gone with the soft side up for QD cotton. Is it possible that your needle has a burr in it? When I have had pokies in the past, I have found that they are gone or hardly noticeable after a wash/dry cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramona-quilter Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 ----FYI---- I sent an email off to Quilter\'s Dream about \'which side is up?\' on their cotton batts. I just got this reply Hi Linda, Quilters Dream Batting does not have a top or a bottom -- so how ever you lay out the batting will work just fine. Thank you very much for using Quilters Dream Batting. We greatly appreciate it. Happy Holidays, The Staff at Quilters Dream Batting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizziesgirl Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Jill, I don\'t treat it gentle I fluff it, roll it, smoosh it, smooth it out and if it needs more I do it again. It seems to fluff it back and hide the pokies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrna Ficken Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Jill, I use a corsage pin to poke the batting .The side that poke easiest goes up. It works for me. Myrna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcck00 Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 I got a lot of pokies on my last customer quilt (brown moda fabric on back, brown and green modas [i think] on the front, W&N batting). I had read here that you can put the quilt in the dryer to get rid of the pokies, so I mentioned it to my customer. She told me later that after she got the binding on she had used a water spray bottle to dampen the back of the quilt and threw it in the dryer. Presto!! No more pokies! One more thing... I was told (or I read somewhere, can\'t remember which) that the dirty side goes down.... so now I\'m confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 I haven\'t tried this but just heard it the other day. They said to take the quilt and shake it making a snapping sound. It is suppose to help settle the thread and pulls the pokies in at the same time...not sure if it works but what have you got to loose? Heidi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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