Friends, I need help. I've never hand quilted, never thought I'd be interested, but I thought I'd try some simple big stitch quilting on a quilt for my youngest since she won't care if the stitches aren't even and beautiful.
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I'm using Fairfield's Nature-Fil Bamboo Blend (50% bamboo, 50% cotton), Valdani 12wt perle cotton thread, a size 7 Clover Embroidery needle, and the top fabrics are a mix of Boundless, Moda, Connecting Threads, a couple batiks, and unknowns. The backing is a pre-washed flannel. With almost every stitch, I'm seeing batting coming through with the thread.
Is my needle way too big? It's so hard to get the thing threaded in the first place that I was afraid to go smaller. Is there anything I can do to minimize the bearding? It's not an option to take the sandwich apart because I glued the backing and batting together, then flip and stitched each wide strip. I'm just mixing in the hand quilting because I thought it'd be different and fun.
The bearding isn't fun
Thanks for any advice!