fayzer

Boy, sure am glad I read this. I didn't realize there was a wrong and right side to warm and natural.

partsalot

Yes, my local quilt shop was having this problem and thought that they had a bad batch of batting. That is when they learned that there is a right and wrong side to the batting when using W&N. This was many years ago, but foremost in my mind because that is my batting of choice.

quiltingshorttimer

your backing fabric looks "tight"which may have caused the problem. With dark tops/backing I do use black bat to be safe.

sewNso

you learn something all the time. i did not know there was a right and wrong side to a batting. wow.......

Prism99

I believe it's only Warm and Natural batting that has a right and wrong side. This is because it is needlepunched through scrim.

pewa88

This is what is called "pokies " and happens with longarm quilting. It happens to some extent with every quilt but really shows up because the light batting pokes through and is very visible on a dark backing. No tweeking of tension, or changing of needles will prevent it. The only solution is to use a black batt when you have a dark backing. Washing and drying may help somewhat.

tellabella

I had this happen recently...didn't matter which side I used...still pokies...it was with Hobbs...whist helped was to loosen the quilt top on the frame...tight backing fabric makes it worse...and also when I tightened the top tension it also seemed to help - lot...but I didn't discover this until I was almost finished...pokies sometimes go away after washing the quilt...

Becky's Crafts

I've been told to use black batting for anything with a dark background. I bought my first one to use on the Jinny Beyer BOM I'm working on. I'd been warned by a very good friend on here about it. She'd had that happen to her. So sorry to hear it's happened to you too!