rvsfan

After spraying with fabric sizing, do you 'press' or 'iron'? And do you use steam or a dry iron? Been quilting for several years and just flying, or in this case quilting, by the seat of my pants. Decided to get some real answers. TIA

SusieQOH

I press with a dry iron when using sizing.

bearisgray

I can tell you what NOT to do.

Don't iron it like you are rolling out pie dough if it is soppingly wet.

That stretches the fabric a lot!

QuiltnNan

after all my precise cutting and stitching, it is too easy to get the block out of shape using steam and ironing. i now press with a dry iron... once all assembled, i iron with steam

Onebyone

I use heavy starch and high heat ironing before cutting the fabric. I don't baby it. I want all the shrinkage, distortion out before I cut.

ckcowl

Are you spraying sizing on yardage or on cut pieces, pieced blocks?
I seldom use sizing instead of starch but when I do it is on yardage, or large pieces and I iron them. I do the same with starch. I starch ( or size) fabrics before cutting so my cut pieces do not need ironing or pressing. If I am pressing blocks I Press. I use steam if I need to ( like to get many seams in a middle to flatten)

NJ Quilter

I do the same. I usually use fairly heavy starch when ironing my yardage and might even use more one I do some gross sub-cuts before beginning to assemble the smaller cuts into units. But I do press with steam as well to make everything as flat as possible.

Claire123

As far as I know, you would always press carefully as opposed to ironing.