Steam or Dry
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Steam or Dry
I would like to know your opinion on pressing seams and bindings. Do you steam or dry and why? I have tried both and still in a quandry of what to use. What about those pressing sprays? Would they be better with a dry iron as a working pair? Or would steam in the irom work better?
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Best Press or starch with a dry iron. I do steam press the backing and use starch before making the quilt sandwich. It helps me with straight seams, making each block come out the same size and no wrinkles.
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I have a Clover II mini iron for pressing the seams. It doesn't have a steam function & I find I don't need it. I generally use a LOT of starch, but for seams I mostly just press & go. If it's being especially stubborn, I might mist it with a bit of water to reactivate the starch that's already in my fabric from the first times I pressed it (press before cutting & pressed after cutting, both with heavy starch). But usually that isn't necessary.
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