Does minky fabric pill up?

[Shiromisa]

This question prompted by the fact that I found this morning, sometime during the night, I'd grabbed my Flitterheart plush to snuggle! @_@ Good job, sleep me.

Does minky fabric go all pill-y and rough if you handle it extensively? I've been afraid to over-handle her in case it does. Thank you!

[Pheasant]

I don't sew, but my mother does and she says that many quilters use it for baby products - it isn't supposed to pill; I've got a plush frog made out of similar material and hasn't pilled despite how long I've had it.

[Dainty]

It shouldn't!

[Shy Violet]

no it doesn't

[Scraleos]

Nope! My minky has never stopped being soft

[Shiromisa]

Thank you so much, everyone! ^^

[Skeen]

It shouldn't "pill" like fleece can, but some of the minky I've used tends to.... I don't know, "clump?" If handled too much.  Like, the individual fibers bunch together into little clumps, is all I can describe it as.  Usually the longer nap types.  It doesn't lay absolutely flat anymore but is still soft.  Send me a pic and let's see if that's what's happened! 

I remember the minky in your Flitterheart, while definitely being some sort of minky, isn't the minky I use normally.  My usual supplier didn't have a color that matched her closely enough.  Minky is just polyester but there are dozens of types and lengths and suppliers.  I'd have to find my receipt, but I think your girl's fabric is "Mar Bella," or something, which isn't a material I'd ever used before.  I am making a Luna plush with a type of minky I had also never used before (again, different supplier), and her neck has gotten "clumped" where I handled it roughly while sewing down her head. 

[achab1984]

I love it when things stay nice and soft!

[Shiromisa]

It shouldn't "pill" like fleece can, but some of the minky I've used tends to.... I don't know, "clump?" If handled too much.  Like, the individual fibers bunch together into little clumps, is all I can describe it as.  Usually the longer nap types.  It doesn't lay absolutely flat anymore but is still soft.  Send me a pic and let's see if that's what's happened! 

I remember the minky in your Flitterheart, while definitely being some sort of minky, isn't the minky I use normally.  My usual supplier didn't have a color that matched her closely enough.  Minky is just polyester but there are dozens of types and lengths and suppliers.  I'd have to find my receipt, but I think your girl's fabric is "Mar Bella," or something, which isn't a material I'd ever used before.  I am making a Luna plush with a type of minky I had also never used before (again, different supplier), and her neck has gotten "clumped" where I handled it roughly while sewing down her head.

No worries, she's fine! ^^ This is just a precautionary thing, haha. I want to keep her in good shape for a long time!