azwendyg

I'm sure this will make me feel better about those bulky seam allowances! LOL

BellaBoo

I use a clapper. It really flattens a seam. The hammer works great too. Better then doing nothing at all.

Charleen DiSante

Hmm, funny I should see this today. Yesterday I was watching Eleanor Burns making a "pork and beans" block and she showed how to open the cross seam where all eight pieces came together to make the block and that helped to flatten it out. The wacker sounds like so much more fun!

leatheflea

Well if you gals are doing it and everything is coming out okay I suppose I'm gonna try it too. The clipping seams and pressing this way and that way just isn't doing it for this quilt. I watched a fon's and porter show about a year ago and the guest made mini quilts that were gorgeous. She clip the whole seam not just the threads, then pressed them to one side or the other to make the mini lay flatter. I tried this method also and the hammer it is! Been doing it on jeans for quite some time, but like others here I was afraid it would damage my quilt top.

caspharm

Thanks for the tip.