Digital Prints

From Linda: I love the color and feel of digitally printed fabric. That being said, the only difficulty I have had is longarm quilting with some of it. I have followed the information below and have still had a few problems with tiny runs in the darker prints. I am still experimenting with it.

From QT Fabrics:

QT Fabrics digital prints, how do they perform when quilted? We asked professional long arm quilter Kristi Ryan to perform extensive testing on both our 75 x 75 and 60 x 60 digitally printed goods.

LONGARM TESTING methods:
Purple Fabric - 75 x 75 construction tested
1. Schmetz ball point 90/14 needle with So Fine 50 weight thread.
2. Bernina Needle 100/16 and Glide 40 weight thread.
3. Bernina Needle 100/16 and Omni 40 weight thread.
Blue Fabric - 60 x 60 construction tested
1. Schmetz ball point 90/14 needle with 50 weight So Fine thread on top and 40 weight Omni on the bottom.
2. Bernina Needle 100/16 and Glide 40 weight thread.
3. Bernina Needle 90/14 and So Fine 50 weight thread.
4. Schmetz ball point 90/14 needle and Omni 40 weight thread.
RESULTS No run issues with QT Fabrics either on the front or the back of the quilt.

“I have been sewing for almost 40 years! And longarming professionally for over 15 years. I have used QT fabrics in many of my projects. The perfect finish for my quilts and those of my customers, is a brand new needle and good thread. Everytime I put a new quilt on the frame, I add a new needle. Best advice for any longarmer. Good Thread and a new needle with each project. This practice gives me wonderful finishes! I have quilted many digitally printed fabrics. I have never had a problem with one from QT.”