Ironing a quilt??
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I've ironed quilts with cotton and poly battings and never had a problem.
Best bet would be to try ironing some scrap pieces first. I usually make up a little quilt sandwich from the top and bottom fabrics with the batting inbetween. That's where I practice my quilting stitches to find out if I need to lengthen the stitch, change the tension, does the top and bottom thread work well together, etc.
Best bet would be to try ironing some scrap pieces first. I usually make up a little quilt sandwich from the top and bottom fabrics with the batting inbetween. That's where I practice my quilting stitches to find out if I need to lengthen the stitch, change the tension, does the top and bottom thread work well together, etc.
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I would think that all cotton batting would be alright if the iron setting isn't too hot. (hot shrinks cotton) I have ironed a quilt with polyester batt (on a low setting) to get it ready for machine quilting. I find it helps get the sandwich flatter for putting the pins in. Too hot of an iron would probable fry the polyester and it will lose it's loft.
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why do you want to iron your quilt?
usually if you get them out of the dryer as soon as they are done and give it a good shake/fluff they do not need any pressing. if it sat a long time i would either re-wash it or at least dampen it and put it in the dryer=
ironing a quilted quilt usually will put creases/puckers against the quilting lines.
usually if you get them out of the dryer as soon as they are done and give it a good shake/fluff they do not need any pressing. if it sat a long time i would either re-wash it or at least dampen it and put it in the dryer=
ironing a quilted quilt usually will put creases/puckers against the quilting lines.
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