Thanks for the ideas. One tip I found quite some time ago for pressing was to marry the seam and then use the tip of the iron in the middle of the seam to press it over. The iron does the work of evenly pressing the entire length of stitching from the center out to each side. I hope that makes sense because it does work well. I am always very conscientious about pressing because of a bad experience I had in a lonestar class as a very new quilter. I was struggling to keep up so a friend offered to press my strata. She got it so out of shape I couldn't use it. Then I was REALLY behind! Donna