Great advice, Patti25314! I will have to remember the spray bottle trick. Would also like to add that I always press my seams on the back of the blocks to set them before pressing the seam from the front. Helps avoid the distortion. As Patti25314 mentioned, I can't stress enough the technique of pressing vs ironing.
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Patti25314
Make sure that you are pressing and not ironing. Ironing may stretch the material and make it look uneven. Here's a trick: tape it to something (like a plastic piece) or pin it down really well to the floor (carpet). Take a spray bottle of water to it and get it damp. Then let is dry. This may help to straighten it out some. Also, it helps to have something with good right angles to lay it on to see how it looks in terms of straightness. Make sense?