ironing your patterns when finished with a project
 

Being a professional seamstress through the years,(retired now) learned a lot of things that worked and some that didn't. When a bride would bring me a pattern and fabric and all notions,I would return everything to her.Bridal gown patterns are huge when opened up,I always pressed them with an iron to get the wrinkles out of the pattern.and ironed them again when finished- pressing each time I folded them.When finished folding, it will go back into the original envelope,nice and flat, and then I pressed the whole thing , envelope and all. It works for all patterns.Time consuming,yes, but worth it in the long run.

Sounds good to me!

I tried to always iron my commercial sewing patterns but they are the worst things to get back in those small envelopes.

used to do that with my clothing patterns

Many years ago when I made my own clothing and a little for the public I did the same thing. Always got the pattern back into the package and it was so much neater. I just thought it was the thing to do.

Nice tip. Thank you. I've not worked with many patterns before.

I used to iron mine before sewing but never thought to iron them before replacing them in the envelope. I'll try tat the next time I make something. Thanks for the tip.

I've always done this too. For my patterns I also wrote notes on the outside such as how much fabric I used. I'm short so could always get by with less fabric than pattern called for. For my grandchildren's clothing I have dates I made an outfit and their weight and height on the patterns as I use the same patterns with variations for different grandchildren.

I had a high school sewing nun who DEMANDED our patterns look as though we just bought them. Iron, iron, iron!

Great insight. Thanks