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I would not top stitch them together. I would lay strips right sides together, then press the newly sewn piece over. There are "wooden pressing bars" that work pretty well, but if you chain piece as some suggested, you can take all your chained pieces to the ironing board and press at one time.
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I keep my ironing board lowered to a comfortable height to use at my sewing machine. I just came across this tutorial for strip pieced blocks that would make up quickly and easily. http://bloomingpoppies.net/tutorials...tyle-tutorial/
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http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...lt-t60764.html
you might want to check out Ditter's tutorial here on the QB on doing a string quilt. |
I have to iron when I am foundation piecing. I tried the finger pressing method, but it seems to stretch the fabric out of shape on some of the bias edges. I have also lowered my ironing board so that I just sew and swivel to the left to iron. I have also seen where people have converted those TV tray tables to mini ironing surfaces. If you don't have room for the full ironing board, this seems like a great idea.
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Originally Posted by Daylesewblessed
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I start in the center diagonally and work my way to the edges in both directions -- therefore 2 strips are added before each pressing. Also I chain, so several blocks go to the ironing board at one time.
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bookmarked both of these tutes for using up some scraps. thanks for the links.
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I iron my seams. Makes a nicer fit when sewing on the next row. I sew one row completely, then iron it. lay it aside. But you can sew a bunch of single rows, iron them all at same time before sewing them together. I guess that is the more efficient way of doing things. I think its personal preference here.
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Originally Posted by AudreyB
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I iron mine as I go. I also move the ironing board as close to my sewing machine as possible. I lower the board so I can use it sitting down and place it at a 90 degree angle to my machine. This way I can just rotate in my chair to press.
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I use a thin foundation. For a "clutz" like me, it's perfect.
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I made a couple string quilts back in the summer. I sew at my kitchen table and am not able to keep my iron close by. So I used my trusty Elmer's (purple) disappearing glue stick. I used muslin foundation squares with a 2 inch white string diagonal in the center. I sewed a string onto the white piece, finger pressed my string over and held it in place with a bit of glue stick. Then I sewed the next string on and repeated the process until I had my foundation covered. The glue held the string down nice flat, almost as good as ironing it.
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