Bearding
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Over time, the batting fibers may work themselves through the top and/or bottom layers of the quilt, and is considered undesirable. Quilters call this “batting fuzz” bearding, a tongue-in-cheek way of saying that the quilt is growing a beard.
Bearding tends to happen more frequently when inferior polyester batting or unbonded cottons are used in the quilt.