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After spraying with Fabric Sizing?
After spraying with fabric sizing, do you 'press' or 'iron'? And do you use steam or a dry iron? Been quilting for several years and just flying, or in this case quilting, by the seat of my pants. Decided to get some real answers. TIA
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I press with a dry iron when using sizing.
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I can tell you what NOT to do.
Don't iron it like you are rolling out pie dough if it is soppingly wet. That stretches the fabric a lot! |
after all my precise cutting and stitching, it is too easy to get the block out of shape using steam and ironing. i now press with a dry iron... once all assembled, i iron with steam
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I use heavy starch and high heat ironing before cutting the fabric. I don't baby it. I want all the shrinkage, distortion out before I cut.
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Are you spraying sizing on yardage or on cut pieces, pieced blocks?
I seldom use sizing instead of starch but when I do it is on yardage, or large pieces and I iron them. I do the same with starch. I starch ( or size) fabrics before cutting so my cut pieces do not need ironing or pressing. If I am pressing blocks I Press. I use steam if I need to ( like to get many seams in a middle to flatten) |
Originally Posted by ckcowl
(Post 7911564)
Are you spraying sizing on yardage or on cut pieces, pieced blocks?
I seldom use sizing instead of starch but when I do it is on yardage, or large pieces and I iron them. I do the same with starch. I starch ( or size) fabrics before cutting so my cut pieces do not need ironing or pressing. If I am pressing blocks I Press. I use steam if I need to ( like to get many seams in a middle to flatten) |
As far as I know, you would always press carefully as opposed to ironing.
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