strip sets
looking for tips on ironing strip sets of three where the seams are pressed towards the middle strip ugh! I been struggling with them all day when I iron the second seam to the center somehow I am ironing the other seam out of wack just can't get them both to lay flat and toward the center strip thanks
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Are you pressing after the addition of each strip? It is easier than trying to do them all at once.
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The Strip Stick helps me, especially the long one:
http://thestripstick.com/ |
I've never seen that little gadget before!! There is something to solve every little problem isn't there!
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Originally Posted by Buckeye Rose
(Post 6390654)
Are you pressing after the addition of each strip? It is easier than trying to do them all at once.
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Gotta have the strip stick! I use mine every day.
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I needed a strip stick; but didn't have one. I had a sleeve roll that goes with my tailor's ham. That sleeve roll made an excellent substitute for a strip stick. In fact, it is so good, I decided that I did not need to buy a strip stick. By the way, I press each seam after I sew it.
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I usually press each seam as I go along as well. I also press my seams open, however. I find that makes everything lie much flatter. Sometimes that's not an option but I take it any time I can get it. If you don't have the strip stick, just about any flat device - even a butter knife - will help with pressing seams into submission.
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I also iron a lot of mine open. I find its easier to FMQ over the seams. It does not take up much more time to iron them open.
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I have discovered that if I put the seam I am pressing near the edge of my ironing board and let the rest hang down then I am only pressing the one isolated seam. I then turn my fabric and press the other seam, with the fabric again hanging down. Hope that makes sense.
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