Do you iron your quilt tops before..
#21
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I press my blocks, rows and the whole quilt top when done. I don't like ironing, but I like how it looks after I've done it so I'll keep on ironing my quilt tops. I'm like bearisgray and I also wash my fabrics before using them.
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I starch, press and square up each block before assembling my quilt top. I know it takes a little longer but my finished quilt top is flatter and much more likely to be straight and square. I also give the completed top another press to send each row in the right direction before I pin and sandwich the top. I think I get a much better product for machine quilting this way.
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Originally Posted by chattykathy17
I press every step of the way. Each seam, each block when done, each time I put blocks together to a row, etc. It just gives it a crisp look.
#28
I have been told that I could just put everything together and then press. I tried that on 2 rows and did not like the looks of it.
I finger press the seams as I go, and then press.
After I am all done, I go over the quilt and see if there is anything that needs touch up or stray threads.
I am doing a beginners bagello quilt now and alot of seams and, wanting them to lay as flat as possible
I finger press the seams as I go, and then press.
After I am all done, I go over the quilt and see if there is anything that needs touch up or stray threads.
I am doing a beginners bagello quilt now and alot of seams and, wanting them to lay as flat as possible
#29
I do, but not after I have marked them. So I have to make sure to keep from putting any hard creases in a marked top. My mom's Double Wedding Ring is an example. It has been marked for months! I have had it hanging over the guest bathroom shower curtain rod which was a pain! I had to move it every time one of the kids needed a bath. But I am almost done quilting it, so that pain is over!
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