Thread: What happened here????

I have had this happen with W&N batting when I loaded it upside down. When I cut and flipped the batting it was fine. I always check underneath after the first 12 to 14" of stitching to make sure nothing is going wrong on the backside. Then I check with every advance and every bobbin change. I have had tension go off because a blob of lint got stuck in the bobbin spring mid row so that is why I check early and check often. Usually with every advance.

In your case I would bet the batting was W&N and it was loaded wrong way up.



Other things that could cause this is a dull needle or it had a burr on the end which pushed pokies of batting through. Unfortunately nothing will correct the problem. You can camoflauge it by taking a black permanent marker to the pokies. Washing will sometimes get it to draw up but it won't make them disappear entirely. The only real solution is not a pretty one. Either rip the entire thing out or completely "skin" the quilt (which will sacrifice your backing), and start over. I am sorry you had to experience it. Pretty much every longarm quilter will at some point in their quilting journey.

The only time I have had that happen is when the batting is upside down. There is a right side and a wrong side to it...

The only time I had this happen to me was when my needle had leftover sticky gunk from sewing through some self-stick interfacing. And fortunately I could hear it was sewing funny so I didn't get too far before I corrected it.

Did you do the quilting on a long arm or on a domestic machine? I have heard this happens more with longarms because the needle is so much larger. I don't have a longarm myself though, so that's just what I've heard.

If possible, using a black batting if you have a dark backing might help at least disguise the issue.

My first thought was batting in upside down....when using w&n I always tell myself, Eyes(brown specks) up...meaning they are looking at me in the sandwich.......next might be a burr in the needle......use a piece of crocus cloth to get that off...or just change the needle!......