Hmm....I'm looking at my warm and natural batting here...and I sure can't tell if it has a scrim on it. Maybe I've been lucky as my quilts don't beard & I just presumed the needle punching now kept it without the scrims that the poly batts used.

Honestly, I don't even think people realize there is scrim there, you can't see it, the cotton is needle punched through it. Its nothing that you can really feel or notice unless you are really LOOKING for it. In cases like THIS! lol

Warm and Natural has scrim so if you use it you have probably never noticed a difference, but it is there!

if you cut a little piece off of it and try rubbing a hole in it the cotton will pull away from the scrim. It is easier to do if your finger is damp. I don't really know what the scrim is there for all I know is if its not on the outside when I do quilts this way the batting falls apart, obviously!

I am sorry for all the confusion my quilting method has caused.
You all will be happy to know that I do quilts without plush backings the "traditional" way! lol

Actually I was thinking it was a pretty neat way to do it. I don't always like all the quilting on the back either.

What is scrim? I read all the comments and understand what scrim is now.

justwannaquilt, you have a lot of strength to go back and be willing to start over. I've made over 600 quilts, and trust me, I've done worse. Somehow, our mistakes make us wiser technicians in the art of quilting. Thanks for sharing. You probably helped a hundred quilters by sharing your error.

My egregious machine quilting mistake made me realize, every time I start a quilt, look on the back after the first few stitches, and then again, after 6 square inches have been quilted.

I don't understand why you can't base all three layers, quilt and then wash. What do you mean by plush? The LQS has done minkee on the back and quilts it. Little confused.

Thank you for posting your mistake,,It is a very interesting read. Learn something new every day.LOL. I like the way you put your quilts together.I will try this next time...

OH MY!!! Bless you for your perseverance!

I am sorry, I am sitting here laughing at the comments. Do you sincerely wish you had never posted this one?