Originally Posted by
kentuckyred
I pressed the seams open in one quilt because I was worried about bulk...however, after washing the quilt a few times I noticed a lot of batting working it's way up through those pressed open seams. I notice much less stringy insides coming up through the seams I press to the side.
If you are getting something coming up through your seams when pressed open you are probably using too big of a stitch. Nor sure what you are piecing on but I noticed that a lot of the newer machines are coming up with a bigger default stitch length than they previously had. My Bernina comes up with a 2.5 but I always move it down to a 2 - I am not sure what that translates into on other machines