citruscountyquilter

I generally don't press when sandwiching a quilt but just let it dry naturally. In a matter of a couple of hours it's dry enough to move around. During that time I just do something else. If you're in a hurry you can press it with a hot iron. The purpose of the hot iron is to dry the glue. You would need to press and not iron as ironing would potentially shift things. Even with pressing I would wait to machine quilt it until it was thoroughly dry, at least overnight. When I glue baste my binding before hand sewing it on I press with a hot iron so it stays in place quickly.