Originally Posted by QuiltswithConvicts
Steam is great, but remember to drain your iron of all water if you are paper piecing. Steam will shrink the paper and your piece won't fit. I always drain it because I don;t trust the iron not to steam a tiny bit even though it's steam feature is turned off.
Maybe the shrinkage is the kind of paper used? I accidently used steam on one of my pieces and didn't see any difference with size. There was a slight wave but I let the paper dry before continueing on (Not by design mind you but because it was my first time and I am really SLOW when I'm learning a technique. :-) I write a lot of notes.) Then again, maybe it was beginners luck. Several of us were sharing an iron and switching from steam to no steam constantly (we were all doing different techniques).