Hi all,

Eleanor Burns loves to steam those seams, yet her son who also quilts doesn't.... he feels that steam distorts the fabric....

So which way do you fall....

Steam or No Steam!

Hugs

I'm a steamer

I don't

I don't either!

Steamer here! pab

no steam here

Steamer here.

Steamer

Let the Steam Flow.

Steamer !!!

No steam. I never put water in an iron anymore period. If I need to sprinkle or spray that is just fine!

Steamer

i steam

at home - no steam. at my group - steam, because the iron is already set that way. just make sure it is hot!

Steamer. I don't put the water in my iron; I use a small spray bottle.

No steam , I think it stretches the fabric, dry iron best I prefer ..

Steamer

no steam.

I'm a steamer. :-D

Me, too! To many leaky irons over the years have led me to never put water in an iron.

No steam.

Depends on which iron I'm using and where I am in the process. If I'm using my small travel iron beside my machine, no steam. If I'm using my big iron to press the quilt top, then I use steam to really set those seams before quilting.

steamer

Guess it is up to the individual... Sometimes I steam sometimes I don't...

Steam

My iron makes the decision for me. It was dropped off the ironing board and gets really angry at me some times and it just decides not to steam even though the steam is on.

So I would say YES I steam! However I do not move the iron while it is touching the fabric. press down lift up move press down lift up move....

I do whatever trips my trigger. HA

Yes, they distort but I can not lay off the steam. I like my seams flat. Besure to press/set the seam and not iron, move the iron across the seams.

ditto :thumbup:

I can't decide!! I steam one day, then the next day I don't. No rhythm or reason!!!

If there are lots of wrinkles in a piece that has been folded for a long time, I use steam and starch!!

Steam here, only because I was told you had to use steam. :shock: It works for me :P

yep, it depends

But I steam more than not!

Steam!

I root for "Team Steam"!

i tend to steam!

steam is my choice too....just need to be careful to PRESS, not iron as that can stretch the fabric.

Steam that puppy into submission!

Both, but sometimes steam.

I'm a steamer. And, if that doesn't do it, bring on the starch. ;-)

converted to steamer now that I have a decent iron. I don't iron, I press. If you press and lift instead of running the iron across the fabric, I think it prevents distortion.