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Originally Posted by angelarose

I've been taught that steaming can distort the fabric, but it was a hard lesson for me to learn. I can see how using steam and moving the iron across the fabric can move the fibers from each other.
I've seen fabric so messed up from "ironing" that the quilt was very much out of whack when it shouldn't have been.

With steam you really do need to "press" (ie iron placed on fabric then lift off) and not "iron" (ie moving the iron around on top of the fabric).

Vital when steaming ... more forgiving if dry.

I finger press until the block is complete, then steam press the finished block on both sides.

Both ... depends on how contrary the seam is being.

Susan

Steam and starch here!

Steam. i think it makes a crisper fold and it also sets the stitches well.