Last pressing before layering
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Does this mean you quilt your own projects on your DSM? I perform this same exercise when I do smaller quilts that I FMQ on my DSM but have not re-pressed my tops when putting them on a LA.
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I don't have a long-arm -
but if I did send my quilts out, I would think the long-armer would appreciate getting a top that is "square", laying flat and smooth/even, and with no seams are pulling apart.
I know that some long-armers perform miracles in getting a lumpy quilt top to "cooperate", but why should they have to?
but if I did send my quilts out, I would think the long-armer would appreciate getting a top that is "square", laying flat and smooth/even, and with no seams are pulling apart.
I know that some long-armers perform miracles in getting a lumpy quilt top to "cooperate", but why should they have to?
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I also press the back pretty carefully, but usually on a row by row basis as I'm putting it together. I do not care about twisted seams one bit - if I did I would drive myself nuts with it. I will fix any seams that I fear might come apart - sometimes if the seam allowance seem too skimpy, I'll just dab it with a little fraycheck to make sure it doesn't deteriorate on that edge.
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I've found that things like a skimpy seam allowance "show up" more on the back than on the front.
Sometimes I will resort to clipping a twisted seam allowance (in two different spots) and put Fray Check on the clipped spots.k
Sometimes I will resort to clipping a twisted seam allowance (in two different spots) and put Fray Check on the clipped spots.k
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I have noticed watching Jenny Doan from MSQC that she doesn't worry about seams twisting. Apparently, they quilt out ok. My LA has never complained but I do press one final time and at least try to keep them one direction, especially if the darker colors might show through somewhere.
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