KalamaQuilts

Starch and press Before you cut.

While piecing don't use steam.

DOTTYMO

I have a steady Betty and use it for all sorts besides pressing.the surface is a kind of foam.

nellie

l enjoy my a lot I use it for pressing and also stacking my fabric pieces for sewing, steady betty keeps them from shifting and ready to sew

Onebyone

I have used a Steady Betty since high school. A friend of my granmother was dressmaker and she had a work surface covered in the foam fabric. She gave my grandmother a large piece of the fabric to cover her ironing board. It wasn't called Steady Betty back then. This fabric use to be common to find. It's foam backed vinyl. Very fine foam like, not thick. It doesn't melt or burn like you think. It keeps the fabric from stretching or moving when you press it. The Steady Betty board is well made and you use both sides. I need to wash mine, it's getting grungy with starch and glue dribbles.

ManiacQuilter2

THANKS for this idea Lori S. I am ending up with a lot a threads from starching that is sticking to my ironing board. Don't want anything too bulky but then I shouldn't have any trouble finding a cheap towel !!

katesnanna

Wow! Just looked at the site, very expensive. If you are just pressing apply pressure, if you are ironing use a light touch. Before I upset anyone, check out Jenny form MSQ. She irons but never stretches her blocks. I don't think I've ever seen her press.

institches33

Is the Steady Betty good for regular ironing or does it hold the fabric too well?

Pete

How do you wash it?

Yooper32

At that price, it had better work well. Very well.

luci4

If you are like me, perhaps your seams get a bit narrower at end of the seam. I have to really pay attention when I am coming to the end as the fabric just seems to move over ever so slightly.. This too will cause distortion.