If you do a full size quilt do you have trouble with the batting when you turn it inside out?

what do you mean by 'trouble with the batting'?
doesn't matter what size the quilt is- i've never managed to put quilts together that way and had them come out (nicely)
except the one i decided to tie instead of quilting.
but i don't know of 'batting trouble'?

we do twins and doubles for our charity quilts. The backing has already been sewn with a 1/4" seam all the way around with about 18" left open. We lay the batting on top and cut it carefully to the size of the backing. Carefully roll the 2 sides towards the middle, and when the 2 rolls meet, then roll from the bottom. As you roll, keep smoothing the batting. After you turn it, use a yardstick to get the batting to lay where you want it. we use large tables that allow you to lay the entire quilt out. Extra people really help!!! The batting does lay pretty smoothly. We tie the quilts.

:thumbup: Thats how I do it!

I haven't birthed a quilt that's larger than a twin but I don't think it would be hard to do....just bigger than a twin!

It is important to have everything properly ironed, nut even so, even twin seems a bit wonky to me. Usually this is a technique I use for lap/baby quilts. Lately, when I have sewn top to back and turned it right side out, I "play tug of war" with DH, pulling it every which way.This seems to get everything properly lined up. For a 42x65 quilt, I generally leave about 8-10" for the birthing.

Thank you all for the help. One more question. My My Aunt gave me a lot of rolls of batting. I normally use Cotton this is Polyester. It does not seem like it would stay together as well if pulling through a quilt. Does anyone FMQ after birthing a quilt? How does it look if so?

I've used polyester in the past and it does just fine.:)

I have a table runner pattern that uses that method. It looked AWFUL! I undid it and will use binding. I won't try the birthing method for anything again.