Fabric Preparation: Ironing technique?
03-02-2010, 11:59 AM
#22
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Pottstown Pa
Posts: 518
Everyone does things different....I do not wash my fabric before use. I will only ever steam a piece of fabric that is all bunched up and wrinkled, but before cutting it to use for anything. Up and down pressure with the iron..although I admit..to some slidding at less than perfect seams.
03-02-2010, 12:45 PM
#23
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: North Canton, Ohio
Posts: 1,403
Basically this is what I do. Large pieces and straight of grain I use steam. Small pieces and pieces on the bias I don't use steam to avoid distortion. Good luck!
Doug
Doug
Originally Posted by sewcrafty
When I wash my fabric I always iron it with steam. I also keep a spray bottle of water just in case there's a stubborn wrinkle. I also use steam with my pieces though, but I don't iron back and forth I take my iron place it on the seam and steam. Haven't had much distortion. I like my seams set for when I'm sewing them together, they just seem to lay flatter and stay in the direction they need to be.
03-02-2010, 01:46 PM
#24
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Home town: Rehoboth, MA Now living in OK
Posts: 7,774
Originally Posted by NCfleur
Thanks to all. Based on everyone's great advice, I think I can give myself permission to use steam to iron my fabric after I wash it. LOL!! :-)
03-02-2010, 04:32 PM
#25
Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Posts: 238
i also have a question. How or where do i get a very old pair of pinking shears? my grandmother gave these to me years ago and i have kept them put up for a very long time. Now i would like to use them but now they just shred the material.
thanks!
Sherri :)
thanks!
Sherri :)
03-02-2010, 05:17 PM
#26
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Mountains of Virginia
Posts: 165
I always wash yardage fabric, get it out of the dryer promptly but still have some wrinkles, I use steam to get it out. I don't always wash fabric that I purchase in kits. The pieces are usually small. Sometimes that can cause problems. I did some hand quilting on a 18" wall hanging, used warm and natural batting. When I washed the quilt some of the pieces got that old-fashioned wrinkled look, some areas did not. I was disappointed with the way it looked after all the time I spent on it.
03-02-2010, 09:51 PM
#27
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,260
Originally Posted by rainbowquilt
i also have a question. How or where do i get a very old pair of pinking shears? my grandmother gave these to me years ago and i have kept them put up for a very long time. Now i would like to use them but now they just shred the material.
thanks!
Sherri :)
thanks!
Sherri :)
03-03-2010, 04:23 AM
#28
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Illinois
Posts: 5,142
If you're near a Hancock Fabrics they have a man that comes in once every couple of months to sharpen scissors and shears. At least the one here does. Other than that, I'd ask at any fabric shop. It sounds like they've been used to cut paper.
03-03-2010, 05:06 AM
#29
Power Poster
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Northern Michigan
Posts: 12,861
the no steam 'rule' really applies to pieced blocks where steam may stretch the fabric patches out of shape...for full pieces of fabric (be it yardage or fat quarters makes no difference) steam or starch for nice crisp fabric, making it much easier to cut accurately.
03-03-2010, 01:35 PM
#30
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Fayetteville, NC
Posts: 1,321
Originally Posted by littlehud
Hello and welcome from SW Iowa. Glad to have you here. I try to get the fabric out of the dryer before it's completely dry and that makes it easier to press out those wrinkles. Otherwise I need to use steam too.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
littlebitoheaven
Main
16
11-05-2011 09:29 AM
craftybear
Links and Resources
2
05-13-2011 08:50 AM
craftybear
Links and Resources
14
11-28-2010 09:07 AM
knlsmith
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
16
03-08-2010 03:28 PM
