Last pressing before layering
 

I press the back of the top - one last time before layering it.

I almost always find a few crooked seams, seams that got really skimpy on one side, a few twisted seams, occasionally one where the stitching came out -

It's a humbling exercise - because I thought I "did it right" the first time.

Then I press the front of the top - and then check the back of the top one more time to see if the seams are still flat and to flatten them if I need to.

i usually do the same

sure....got to be done..............

You are so right. I don't worry about twisted seams as much as folds and holes.

Never do that. I look each row over real good as I go. No mess ups yet.

Yes, I worry about the back being flat too.

I view the seams that go in the wrong direction as a sign that I am supposed to "let it go". My blood pressure is much better for it, I am sure.

I press as I go and don't worry about twisted seams. I can't tell they're twisted after the quilting is done. I don't press again after the top is done, but I might if I were sending the top out to be quilted. If the back is wrinkled I spritz it with water after it is loaded on the longarm and stretch it between the rails. I let each section dry before rolling on to the next section. That seems to take care of wrinkles much more effectively and efficiently than pressing with an iron.

You're inspirations to us all!

I don't worry about twisted seams because I do my own quilting. I press each block then each row seams. That's all the pressing I do.
I go to a lot of classes with national teachers. I ask them about what they do for twisted seams. All but a very few have said leave them as they are and press the twist.

Yes, it humbles me to iron the back of a new quilt. I thought it went together soooo easy and a lot of fun. Then whoops! Look at that! I just do my best to fix what I can and go on. It is soon forgotten and just enjoy the fun!

Does this mean you quilt your own projects on your DSM? I perform this same exercise when I do smaller quilts that I FMQ on my DSM but have not re-pressed my tops when putting them on a LA.

I don't have a long-arm -

but if I did send my quilts out, I would think the long-armer would appreciate getting a top that is "square", laying flat and smooth/even, and with no seams are pulling apart.

I know that some long-armers perform miracles in getting a lumpy quilt top to "cooperate", but why should they have to?

I think we all go thru that. No matter how careful you are, or if you pin there is always a seam here or there that did its own thing. I press alot beginning to end.

I also press the back pretty carefully, but usually on a row by row basis as I'm putting it together. I do not care about twisted seams one bit - if I did I would drive myself nuts with it. I will fix any seams that I fear might come apart - sometimes if the seam allowance seem too skimpy, I'll just dab it with a little fraycheck to make sure it doesn't deteriorate on that edge.

Me too. I try to keep it pressed correctly throughout the piecing process, but somehow some of my seams become twisted during my final assembly. This is also the last chance to find errors prior to quilting.

I've found that things like a skimpy seam allowance "show up" more on the back than on the front.

Sometimes I will resort to clipping a twisted seam allowance (in two different spots) and put Fray Check on the clipped spots.k

I press as I make the blocks and rows. And then press again when the top is completed, both back and front. I have too much OCD in me! I have to fix the twisted seams! LOL

I have noticed watching Jenny Doan from MSQC that she doesn't worry about seams twisting. Apparently, they quilt out ok. My LA has never complained but I do press one final time and at least try to keep them one direction, especially if the darker colors might show through somewhere.

I've had Charisma quilt several of my larger quilts. I hope she doesn't hate me!! :D