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08-18-2011, 06:21 AM
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I learned that pressing is a stay still kind of thing, but that you CAN move the iron back and forth very gently, (especially for the large pieces) and go with the selvage. In other words,with the selvage at the top, go side to side, if the selvage is on the side, go up and down.
08-18-2011, 06:30 AM
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I didn't turn my nose up or fall over from sticker shock when I saw the Steady Betty, bought one. It made a big difference in getting accurate piecing. Joann's sells them and you can use a coupon, I've never seen them on sale anywhere.
08-18-2011, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
I didn't turn my nose up or fall over from sticker shock when I saw the Steady Betty, bought one. It made a big difference in getting accurate piecing. Joann's sells them and you can use a coupon, I've never seen them on sale anywhere.
08-18-2011, 03:30 PM
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thank you :-D
In ironing, you put the iron down on the fabric and slide it back and forth.
In pressing, you lower the iron onto the fabric and hold it in position without moving it.
Ironing is faster but risks distorting the grain, particularly with smaller pieces. Pressing is slower but will not distort the grain unless you put the fabric down in a distorted position.
Originally Posted by MsEithne
Originally Posted by bloomin'Iris
and the difference would be.....:?
Originally Posted by Airwick156
I didn't know until recentlty that there is a difference between pressing and ironing. I thought they were the same thing and a lady came to visit us at my sewing group and saw that I was "ironing" and she told me thats not what I was supposed to do that I should be "pressing" and she showed me the difference..and IT DOES MAKE a difference. Sometimes I still find my self ironing, but not very often anymore.
In pressing, you lower the iron onto the fabric and hold it in position without moving it.
Ironing is faster but risks distorting the grain, particularly with smaller pieces. Pressing is slower but will not distort the grain unless you put the fabric down in a distorted position.
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