hikingquilter

I can sympathize. I had that problem with a quilt last year. I believe it was the cotton batting I used - the least expensive one, of course. The lint all over the sewing room while I quilted on my machine was horrible. And, boy, did it make me sneeze. It was my first experience with cotton batting and I vowed never to use it again until I joined this board and heard everyone praising Warm & Natural. I gave that one a try on my next quilt and had no problem. Thank goodness that other quilt was my "ugly quilt" for my bed only! LOL

gramarraine

Alexa, I am so glad you ask this question. I have not purchased JoAnns batting from a roll yet but now never will. Sometimes a lesson learned by one is a good lesson for all of us. Thanks.

Marvel

Have never had that problem with the batting. On the other part of your question, I usually leave about two inches of batting on the side edges and about three inches at the top and the bottom. What its all about is that I prefer to lap the edges of the lining over the edges of the top and make a small turn under and pin. Then I use a decorative stitch on my Bernia and it forms a border on top. I really hate to do binding.

Mumzbear

I just bought the neatest lint rollers at a quilt show. They don't have the tape you rip off....you just wash them in soapy water. They are fantastic!

Alexa

Cool! What's the brand name? Do you know where they can be ordered?

All Thumbs

Gosh, I never had this problem before except when I used a batting from JoAnns and HancockFabrics. Even the Warm&White from Hancocks seemed to have a little link. Therefore, I am sticking with my standby Warm&Natural (the darker one). Sure it is more expensive but if I spend all that time making a quilt, I do not want to spend time cleaning up and suffering from allergies caused from dust flying and lint clogging my needles, which has happened before. I have an 820Bernina and when I free motion, the lessor battings put out link like crazy. Maybe I need to slow down :)

As for the length of batting left before binding and during the machine quilting process of quilt, I generally clip down to 1/2 inch or so. I also long straight stitch at the extreme edge of my last border to keep it from stretching as I am quilting. Good luck with your cleanup and hopefully, you will post a photo of the quilt.

Jo Belmont

I got a cheap batting once that was plain, purely awful. Ever since then, I've learned to take my backing (which is usually a bit oversized to start with) and roll it over the exposed batting on the edges. Then I safety pin it every 8-10" or so and it keeps the batting which likes to shed encased in fabric.

After that, no problems.

It works well even with better batting as it doesn't get caught on stuff while you're working with it.

grandjan

That's a new one. I've never had a batting shed like that. I do keep a lint roller handy to clean threads and stuff off a quilt top before a set it to be quilted. Maybe that would help?

Charleen DiSante

Joann's does have 'warm and natural' and 'warm and white' both on the roll as well as pre-packaged so yours still could have been warm and natural. Can't wait to see what happens with the black and white quilt I want to do! Oops, just saw a post which already said this.

Marilynsue

I'd like to find one of those myself! Can you give us a brand name?