To Set Seams or Not to Set -- The Why's and Wherefore's!!!!
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Originally Posted by Melrose V
I always do....I can actually see the fabric relax and sometimes I even hear it say "awwwwwww"....LOL
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
I use a wooden Tailor's clapper on all my quilt seams. And I have the Steady Betty. My blocks are as flat as they can be.
If you have a bacon press, that will work as good as the Tailor's Clapper.
If you have a bacon press, that will work as good as the Tailor's Clapper.
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I don't know the techincal reason for doing it but MY reason for doing it is because I use so much starch my fabric doesn't really fold back willingly so I set the seam with a little steam and a press and then while it is still warm I open the seam up and press it back. The little bit of steam that it gets causes the fabric to soften just enough to fold it back without issue. I never set seams before I started using starch.
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The Tailor's Clapper is made to set seams. Here is a picture of one June Taylor use to sell. Scroll about half way down the page. lots of good pressing tool pics there. http://thesewingdivas.wordpress.com/category/pressing/
The bacon press is for when you are cooking bacon to
keep the bacon flat. LOL. Now it is probably called a Panini press. An old flat iron is great for clapping too!
The Steady Betty is a portable pressing surface board that keeps the block from stretching when pressed.
The bacon press is for when you are cooking bacon to
keep the bacon flat. LOL. Now it is probably called a Panini press. An old flat iron is great for clapping too!
The Steady Betty is a portable pressing surface board that keeps the block from stretching when pressed.
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
The Tailor's Clapper is made to set seams. Here is a picture of one June Taylor use to sell. Scroll about half way down the page. lots of good pressing tool pics there. http://thesewingdivas.wordpress.com/category/pressing/
The bacon press is for when you are cooking bacon to
keep the bacon flat. LOL. Now it is probably called a Panini press. An old flat iron is great for clapping too!
The Steady Betty is a portable pressing surface board that keeps the block from stretching when pressed.
The bacon press is for when you are cooking bacon to
keep the bacon flat. LOL. Now it is probably called a Panini press. An old flat iron is great for clapping too!
The Steady Betty is a portable pressing surface board that keeps the block from stretching when pressed.
I thought of the real bacon press ... but thought, oh no, she means something else!
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