Thread breakage after quilt is done
Hi. I’m fairly new to quilting and am struggling with thread breakage. I’ve made a few quilts and pieced them with Aurifil 50 wt and quilted them with Aurifil 40 wt. I’ve been straight line stitching on my own machine. I’ve stitched a 1/4” on each side of a seam mostly with patchwork quilts. So about 5” apart.
My problem now is that after it’s 100% done and after a very short time, the quilting lines are breaking. Even on quilts that rarely get washed. I’m not sure if my tension is off (it doesn’t seem to be) or if I don’t have enough lines or my thread is too fragile.
When I sew on a practice piece and give the fabric a slight tug, the thread snaps. Is this normal? I’m trying to make utility quilts that can handle being washed more frequently and snuggly for children.
Has anyone had this problem that can advise me how to prevent this in the future? Thanks so much.