thank you. I will give that a try tomorrow. I do need to do part of the quilt with invisible thread as well, but not very much. I would imagine that the 80/12 or 90/14 would work with that to?

I would try a topstitch 80/12 to start with and see how that does. You may need to go up to a 90/14.
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I just made a 30 x 40 quilt that is all applique and many areas have up to 3 layers. A friend of mine said I needed to use steam a seam 2 which I did. The quilt is quite stiff. I am wondering what type of needle I need to use to quilt this. I am having trouble with skipped stitches and gummed up needle. I went back and steamed the heck out of it trying to make sure the glue is really melted. I have sulky blendable thread I would like to use on it, along with other thread. do I need a topstitch needle ? How large ? Any suggestions ? Otherwise this will get so frutstrating and thrown in a box somewhere. I did learn that I will always use steam a seam lite from now on, but I am hopeing to save this because it does look really cool. thank you for any suggestions. Ann