i am a big presser...i use finger pressing/or wooden presser only during block construction for certain blocks...like log cabins, but when i have finished the block i press it with the iron, sometimes, if finger pressing doesn't seem to 'do-it' i set up a little board and get my little iron out and use that at the side of my sewing machine so i don't have to get up and down 15 times for one block. if you starched and pressed well before cutting your strips then finger pressing is usually enough to get the block together. once i start sewing blocks together every seam gets pressed so the whole quilt top is well pressed when complete and ready for quilting.