oksewglad

Lots of good advice!
Your blocks are so pretty...especially like the first one. Good for you for keeping at it! Keep these practices as a reminder as how far you have come. As to flipping seams, I like to lightly spritz with water and press with a dry iron, place a pressing block
(aka clapper) on top of the seam and let it cool. I like a wool mat underneath as well.

I'm like Barb in LA...still have hard time with the pantos on my LA, but I have found them to be very forgiving when you look at the finished project.