Originally Posted by
Farm Quilter
I'm with GrannieAnnie, except I use a regular hammer and sometimes spraying with starch, pounding while wet then pressing firmly helps. I do longarm quilting and know that those huge lumps can deflect the needle and mess up the quilting. I've even pounded some of my customers' quilts into submission before quilting them!!!
the meat tenderizer is best for me because it's clean. I'd hate to think where all my hammer's been. But the pounding is sort of a stress reliever-----------by that time, I usually need to POUND something.