Originally Posted by
Kris P
I find I get better stitch quality using a larger needle (90/14)Quilting needle when quilting on my DSM. Long arm needles are Huge, so I wouldn't worry about too large of a needle on Batiks.
This is good to know (the comparison to long arm needles). I was most concerned about leaving bigger holes that wouldn't close (being a batik - I have never worked with those before - but have read various warnings about leaving needle holes). I did spend some time on a small sample with the different needles. Of course, the sample didn't have near as many seams as my quilt. But still gave me a feel.
While it worked fine on the sample, it seemed like I was getting thread nests at the start of FMQing with the Microtex 80/12 (I very rarely get thread nests, so I am attributing that to the needle). I switched over to the topstitch 80/12 - which seemed to eliminate that problem. But I've just started, so if any hint of an issue - I won't hesitate to switch to the 90/14.