Originally Posted by GailG
Originally Posted by callie
Some fabrics do shrink with steam (or washing). I had that same problem a little over a year ago... and I discovered it when I was pressing.
this reminds me of something I learned in a stretch and sew class many years ago. The fabrics were stretch polyesters that looked like wool, linen, etc. We used a woven fusible interfacing. BEFORE we did the fusing, she had us to place the interfacing in place and set it with our hands getting it all neat and ready to fuse. THEN we held the steam iron about an eighth of an inch hovering over the interfacing and then we gave it a blast of steam without the iron touching the fabric. We could SEE that interfacing fabric draw up. We did this over the hole piece until it had drawn up as much as "it wanted to." Then we fused the piece in place. Washing the garments was never a problem with shrinking interfacings. That may be an idea that could be used in quilting. I know I use it on occasion to test the shrinkage of my unwashed pieces before I seam them.
GREAT TIP I must try this on unknown fabrics. Thanks!