Do you iron your quilt tops before..
#131
I press each step. The last pressing, and the most difficult, is the pressing just before sandwiching. I have a regular ironing board. I just want to be sure that all seams are pressed the best that they can be. After that, all it gets is hand smoothing.
I don't use starch because I find that it wrinkles less when no starch is used.
I don't use starch because I find that it wrinkles less when no starch is used.
#132
I am a presser too.From each individual seam to the loading on the longarm. When paperpiecing I also have the mini iron to press those seams with. To me they lay so much better and very seldmom have to block for size. When quilting on the long arm Every top and back will get a press before loading(they lay so much nicer aven tho they get a touch of stretch) One of the first quilts I quilted I had not and when it came off the long arm you could still see the fold down the center.From the point on I press one and all and everything in between.
#135
Originally Posted by laralea
I'm from the press as you go school of dressmaking so it is a deeply ingrained habit to press, press, press. It would be too much stress for me to worry about my blocks being nice and flat throughout the entire process.
#137
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I press all steps of the process. It mkes my seams easier to match, lets the seams lay flat, gives me a true measurement for adding borders. Yes it is hard to press finished quilt top befor sandwiching but it makes it easier to pin and end result will have less wrinkles. I also ppress the backing. If you press as you go then you do not have to press each seam before sandwiching.
#140
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hi everyone how are you today? well i have a problem i am making a king size quilt and really dont have the room to spread it outand to get around it to put the needles in to it then i am worry about how i will get it into my machine to put it together help linda marshall
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