Machine Quilting Minky Fabric
#1
Machine Quilting Minky Fabric
Minky fabric is wonderfully soft in a baby quilt, but cutting and sewing can bring problems for the quilter.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to machine quilt minky fabric? I am having difficulty with thread breaking, tension messing up, and other assorted issues as the foot hits the humps and valleys on the minky fabric. No matter the speed or direction I am going, issues crop up.
Thanks in advance.
Sharon
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to machine quilt minky fabric? I am having difficulty with thread breaking, tension messing up, and other assorted issues as the foot hits the humps and valleys on the minky fabric. No matter the speed or direction I am going, issues crop up.
Thanks in advance.
Sharon
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Join Date: Aug 2018
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I don't do a lot with Minky or fleece myself but I have done some, especially a number of years ago when I was using a friend's long arm. We always had to manually adjust the foot height -- I think the manual suggestion was to use a dime as the default but we had to move it up quite a bit from that.
I also find quite a bit of variation on the grain/stretch of the fabric and that something it is just easier to try turning the quilt around and quilting from a different direction and suddenly things just go better.
Good luck and I'll be watching the responses too.
I also find quite a bit of variation on the grain/stretch of the fabric and that something it is just easier to try turning the quilt around and quilting from a different direction and suddenly things just go better.
Good luck and I'll be watching the responses too.
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 3,255
Same with me Karamarie. I do minky backings quite often and don't do anything differently. I do free motion quilting with my Pfaff. I do pin basting and use Quilters Dream 80/20 batting. I recently used a new to me minky that resembles rosettes or swirls and I was a little concerned how that would go, but luckily no problems. I do use a large size top stitch needle which I use for most FMQ.