Originally Posted by
deborahscanlon
I've been taught is if something isn't pressing well, press on something hard not soft.
Wool pressing mats are not soft, they are very firm. I personally think they work well in combination with steam pressing to make crisp seams and flat blocks.
I also think if you wanted to make a homemade one, you'd be better off with either wool padding from a rug store, or old wool blankets, than you would be with wool batting. You'd have to do a lot of compression of a lot of layers of batting to get the desired results, I would think. I'd rather use wool batting in quilts.
