Yes, and sticking out my tongue helps too.[/quote]

Yep, me too, and screwing up my face helps too! :lol:

Wow - that is beautiful!

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DebraK,

Thanks! Your one-liner made me laugh.

Diane

I always pin, sew, finger press, press with the iron. No wonder my blocks don't come out right. I'll have to try this method today while making a couple of blocks. Thanks for sharing.

I will confess to having gotten a little lazy a few years back and slackened up a little on the ironing. My favorite tool was a tongue blade. Made a great little pressing tool. Then they came out with all kinds of things you could buy to do the same thing. I still finger press subunits but do give a good final press (steam iron) to each block before sewing rows together.

Will definitely try this. Sounds like a time saver. Is this because of the stretching of the fabric? Always willing to try something new. Thanks for sharing.

I have been ironing and other than burning my fingers from time to time wouldn't miss it. I will definitely try for the next BOM for my guild and see how it works. :)

I only press blocks if doing HST. I startch very heavily and find finger pressing works well. I also find an unpressed seam allows for easier aligment when butting seams. I rarely use pins in block construction, but sometimes use them when sewing rows together and definitely when attatching borders.

I'm going to have to try this more and see how things turn out. It takes me so long to put a top together and I have too many projects that I want to complete.
I got a 'finger pressing tool' as a gift not long ago and thought that I would never use it - will have to pull it out and give it a try! :)
Thanks for all of the tips!!