yeoldeforest Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 We had the strangest thing happen to us the other day. The needle on our Milli broke and dragged through the quilt about 1/2 inch before Kelley could grab the machine and turn it off... We had the machine on CQ. Kelley thought that it was very odd that the needle had broken...never happened before... Come to find out, there was a small rock/stone that was buried in the batting. Of course when the needle hit the rock, it popped off the end of the neede. Has anyone had a similar or even stranger experience before? Can you see the rock in the picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 I've never had a stone/rock, but I have had tons of seeds and small sticks...mostly in the Warm N Natural products, and once in Hobbs 80/20. Is this hole fixable, or are you going to have to stop and replace the square sections that tore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Gamez Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Yikes!! was that a cotton or a blend? I have seen sticks and seeds in the batting but never rocks...geesh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbipatillo Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 I saw where a husband posted a pic of a bobbin sewed inside the quilt. Sounded like something might do. Sorry about the extra minerals... bobbi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 yes, I would like to know the brand of batting used, just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbi Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Bobbi P - love your avatar! Joanne, that's sickening! I sure hope you can repair it! and yes, what brand was that!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 WOW, that has to be a first. Please tell us the brand of batting. That rock looks large, can you fix the quilt? I'd send a picture to the batting manufacturer and whom ever sold you the batting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 That's not even tiny!... My needle decided to bend and snap the other day just as I was finishing for the night - made a hole!!! will be able to disguise it with a button - how about you? I think you should ask for a refund on your batting. LINZI x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doodlebug Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 i read this post when i woke up this morning, then went to make bobbins for a quilt, and look what i found: bobbins can have rocks also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 OOPS someone missed a polishing stone....the bobbins are tumbled to polish them....guess they miss a couple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renae Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 I'm sure interested too in knowing what kind of batting you were using with the rock in it???? Renae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeoldeforest Posted July 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Hi! I actually really like the batting until this happened. It was a softer polyester and actually quilted really nicely until we hit the rock. The person told me she got the batting from Joann Fabrics about a year ago (on sale) and didn't remember the brand. We didn't try to quilt over the "bad" spot again. I hope she has fabric to be able to patch the area. I did send matching thread. We felt so awful but what do you do? I didn't charge her for this quilt though there was no way we could have prevented it. The first quilt we did for her turned out well...you can see the the polyester actually puffs nicely. The ironic thing is that we were doing a pantograph....if the pattern had been shifted even a 1/4 inch, it would have missed the rock and it was on the last row. Polishing stones for bobbins...that's interesting too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TishMarshall Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 wow, who knew! Would have never thought to check for rocks in my batting...........................yikes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Originally posted by yeoldeforest The person told me she got the batting from Joann Fabrics about a year ago (on sale) and didn't remember the brand. Polishing stones for bobbins...that's interesting too! Now I'm wondering if the rock got into it after the customer bought the batting...if it layed around for a year and was out of the package...maybe that's how it happened. If it was a natural fiber I might see it getting in there through the making process, but where would a rock/pebble come from in a poly plant. Very sad that this happened. Its something none of like to see, and there seems to be times it just does. I put a hole in a quilt just last month...needle broke when it hit a thick seam and before I could get the machine shut off it cut a hole and a line of tiny ones. The polishing stones for bobbins or other kinds of metal is a calcium type product...we use to use them in tumbling shell brass, but have since gone to corn husks or walnut shells to do the brass tumbling. Once in a while you will find one of these calcium type rocks in a pocket of a new pair of blue jeans...they also use them to soften up the denim and give it a worn look...it also makes the fabric a bit more soft...not as stiff as the jeans of the 70's and 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 How unfortunate all around--both for your distress and the damage to the top. I also would want to know how a rock came to be in the poly batting. As Bonnie said, maybe in with a natural product but there must be another reason for it being in a synthetic product. No way to know how it really got there, I guess. On a similar note, I wanted to purchase some Warm & Natural at Joann's latest 50% off sale and the roll they offered was so filthy-looking they couldn't seem to get anyone to buy it. They were trying pretty hard, though. The clerk dismissed my concerns saying there was nothing wrong with it and it "wouldn't show inside a quilt anyway". Some of the "pieces" on the dirty side were the size of twigs and you could actually pick them off leaving a little hole in the batting! There were also greasy-looking streaks evenly spaced along the batting like maybe this roll was the first of a run and it cleaned the machine as it went. I can't imagine it getting past QC at the Warm Company nor can I imagine Joann's finding it acceptable. I order a roll at a time and now order only W&W. Just my experience but something to watch for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 Joanne and Kelley... I'm just glad neither of you were hurt and hope the machine wasn't beyond the needle. LOL, Joanne, what was that comment about when to change needles??? I forgot... LOL Changed mine recently too.. Kelley, kind, informative, friendly, quilting, bud o mine.. um do you have a pict of those joints.. yet.. Not yours!!!! on the Milli????? PleasePPPlease? RitaR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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