Bearding - what happened?
I just finished a very very time consuming quilt. I also made a wheelchair lap quilt for charity and used it to test quilting designs, thread tension, etc.
I used RJR Cotton Supreme (black -- main background) and RJR Jenny Beyer fabric for the fabrics, Aurifil thread, and Hobbs Tuscany wool batting. All of these except the Cotton Supreme (where the problem is most pronounced or most obviously seen) have been used with success in the past.
I saw some bearding when quilting, but thought it was wool migrating from the edge of the quilt where the batting was still unfinished. The quilt is now finished, I used lint roller, packaged it in a plastic bag and it's ready for a show.
I then bound the wheelchair quilt and washed it prior to taking it to my church to be donated to a nursing home. I washed and laid it out to dry -- I saw some lint, but didn't pay too much attention. After it dried, I started using the lint roller. This quilt looked like an old man -- the bearding was horrid. I can't donate since this will happen every time washed. I'm sick about the King size quilt I spent so much time on.
When I try to understand why this happened, it's not clear - fabric? batting? What can I do in the future to prevent this? I'm thinking I'm going to make a mini quilt and wash it just to check for bearding. Sigh.....