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    Old 10-19-2016, 06:34 AM
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    Back to front for me.
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    Old 10-19-2016, 06:47 AM
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    I really only iron on the wrong side for some metallics - sometimes there's a noticeable "drag" on the soleplate when it's a fabric that has a lot of metallic dye on it, so I'll flip those over and iron from the back.

    Otherwise I iron the "right" side - no particular reason other than I like to admire my fabric as I work with it!
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    Old 10-19-2016, 07:44 AM
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    After washing my fabrics, I press/iron them on the "wrong/back" side with the grain.

    Because it is easier to see the grain lines on the back and sometimes a flaw is easier to spot from the back.

    If I do come across a flaw - a slub, hole, printing error - I put a small safety pin in the selvage even with the "problem" so that I can cut around it when I get around to cutting.
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    Old 10-19-2016, 01:05 PM
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    Right side. It works better for cutting. At least it does for me.
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    Old 10-19-2016, 04:43 PM
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    Since I fold my fabric with the right side up, I usually press on the right side. However, pieced blocks are a different story. Those I press those on both sides.
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    Old 10-19-2016, 05:25 PM
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    Cindi thinks like me what ever hits the ironing board first.....my Grandmother used to call the wrong side of the fabric the left side.....just thought I would throw that out...to see if there were any left siders out there...
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