I Don't Like Seams Pressed Open...Let Me Count The Ways
I'm working on a couple of quilts with small pieces and the directions call for all seams to be pressed open. I'm of the school that seams should be pressed to the dark side, but I do get why the designer wants them pressed open, especially for those tiny pieces...less bulk.
That being said...Geesh, what a PITA! It's taken me three times as long to make these quilts and now that I'm at the sandwiching phase, I can see that many seams didn't stay open. I don't care. I'm not going back to reopen the seams. If the quilt ends up lumpy, then so be it. It's absolutely maddening to have to keep going back and reopening the seams, repressing, trying to use fingers and tweezers to keep them open while sewing. It zaps all of the joy that I have for quilting. It's just not worth it!
I'm climbing down from my soapbox.
:::sigh:::