Cover your tendering mallet from the kitchen w batting & a rubber band? I just cleaned on the kitchen junk drawer & found 3 of these.

i think "stupid" is a bit too strong a word. i will confess that i'd feel awfully silly assaulting my quilts with a hammer or mallet. but, i don't think i'd feel any sillier than i did when, on a training mission while in the Army, we were told to aim our unloaded weapons and go "bang! bang-bang! brrrrrrrrrrrrow!" because they'd run out of blanks for us to use. now that was stupid! (and a true story - cross my heart.) :XD:

i guess i will have to try it sometime. otherwise the curiosity will drive me crazier. :lol:

I saw someone (can't remember who) on TV doing this on a quilting show. It is supposed to "knock" down the seam where several connect so it lays flatter for quilting. They steamed it then pounded it. I thought it was a bit extreme myself, but what ever suits the quilter I guess.

Well this is a quilting board and talking about quilting not guns. If you want to beat your seams that is your choice. :roll:

tailors use them for pressing seams in wool.
just helps keep the seam flat especially in multiple seams.

I worked for a tailer and also sewed in a factory and we didn't use mallots at all but used steam pressers to flatten the seams. They used it on all types of fabric like heavy wool, fur, denum and even swade.

i'm writing 1,000 times in cursive ...

"The moderator must behave. The moderator must behave. The moderator must not touch that line with a 10 foot pole. Because the moderator must behave."

:lol:

I have seen this demonstrated at quilt shows. It seems to work, although I did not buy one. Imaging taking your frustrations out on seams that will NOT lay flat! Maybe that's why I want to try flower pounding!

Sometimes I want to take a hammer to my quilt.....or my sewing machine.....or my computer, but I try to control those urges. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I use a Tailor's Press. I really makes a difference in flat seams. The hammer does work on bulky seams if they are fanned out first. Any hammer will work to flatten but a wood hammer is best and you use it after pressing the seam hot so the wood absorbs the heat super fast and sets the seam. The pricey wood hammers are made from wood that that is used to make the Tailor's Press. It's not just a gimmick, there is a reason.