black batting
#11
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Location: Central Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
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For the record, I have never heard of “bearding” from a cotton, bamboo, or wool. Just from polyester batting. I could be wrong, but if you stick to natural battings, I don’t think it matters unless you are showing the quilt and you don’t want seams to show through. Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong.
#12
So glad to hear that W & N does not beard on dark fabrics. I was talked into using black batting for one of my quilts and I did not like the feel of the quilt when the quilting was finished. I was just going along with the recommendation of the experts where I take some of my special quilts for long arm quilting. Next time.... I'll just stick to my original plan and use the W & N. Thanks for sharing your experiences with "bearding".
#13
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: NY
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There have been plenty of reports of wool bearding as well as 80/20 and cotton that is not needle punched to a scrim.
batting lint problems
Bearding problem
Quilters Dream Wool Batting ?
https://www.quiltingboard.com/search...g-t288026.html
Then we we have also had reports of excess lint transfer which is different than bearding but can still be rather nightmarish if you are working with white/light batting on a black/dark quilt
batting fuzz transfered to top of quilt
Additionally there have been reported problems of getting "pokies" with W&N if it is loaded the incorrect way but it happens predominantly with longarms due to the much larger needle size. But it does occasionally happen with DSM
Tuffs of batting
What happened here????
batting lint problems
Bearding problem
Quilters Dream Wool Batting ?
https://www.quiltingboard.com/search...g-t288026.html
Then we we have also had reports of excess lint transfer which is different than bearding but can still be rather nightmarish if you are working with white/light batting on a black/dark quilt
batting fuzz transfered to top of quilt
Additionally there have been reported problems of getting "pokies" with W&N if it is loaded the incorrect way but it happens predominantly with longarms due to the much larger needle size. But it does occasionally happen with DSM
Tuffs of batting
What happened here????
#15
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Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: California
Posts: 177
I like using black background fabric to show off bright colors in my quilts. Haven't thought of using black batting, but may try on the next dark quilt. I have noticed that using white batting instead of natural colored batting makes a big difference when I use white background fabric in my quilts.
#16
We recommend using our 80/20 black batting when making quilts made predominantly with black or dark fabrics, but you can use our Tuscany wool or Natural 80/20 as well. Keep in mind you won’t gave to deal with de-linting your quilt if you use the black batting! Steph from Hobbs
#17
I have quilted many bright tops with black backs for hospital incubator covers. The natural colored batting with skrim ( 80/20) never beards, even with a large needle. But l prefer the black, because if the backing even touches the white batting while being mounted, there is lint. Now l know there is also lint transfer when using black...but it doesn't show. Since the covers are washed before use, it doesn't really matter. But if it's a gift, it might be an issue. However, that said, l would not use black if the top had white or ivory parts.
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