I was given the opportunity to make cleaning cloths (a tad larger than washcloth size)for a local hotel from their 'old' towels. I used my serger and whipped through those things in no time. Made over 800 of them. Cleaned the machine often. Using the overcast foot for my Babylock Ellegante, I was able to get the same effect. As long as I brushed out the plate area every so often and used a 14/90 needle. On my old Brother years ago, I used cut up strips of copy paper under the edge of the terry cloth when sewing the edges and as long as I sewed "fast enough' I have very little problem with any fibers going under the plate into the feed dog and bobbin area. My favorite way to edge terry cloth by far is using the serger. Sew 'faster' and clean often and few problems if any for me.