pressing vintage quilt top
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I have received a hand pieced quilt top that my great grandmother started. It was wadded into a box. Some fabrics are feed sacks, It is so wrinkled that a simple press does nothing but put the wrinkles in the form of creases. It is a grandmother's flower garden pattern, so a lot of little pieces to deal with. I would like to give it to my dad for his 80th Birthday. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Originally Posted by MonnaL
Could you lightly spritz it with water and hang it on a clothesline for the day? That would maybe help release some of the wrinkles, and then you could start pressing.
HOWEVER..if there are any reds, blues, yellows, use a cotton ball to test it for bleeding first!
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In my experience, damp storing in refrig isn't really necessary, especially since so many fabrics of that era were home dyed and may 'bleed". I just drape over my Big Board ironing surface, spritz well in sections, wait about ten minutes, and press.
Jan in VA
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are the wrinkles caused by the way it is sewn? or does it lie nice and flat? I had a GFG top once that someone had sewn together wrong and they had tried to make it fit where it didn't want to, ended up being all wonky.
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