Steam or not.
#2
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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I press my individual pieces with a dry iron - setting the seam first before pressing anything open. Generally I don't use steam until the entire top is together OR if something just doesn't behave. The key is that you don't want to distort anything and steam can lead to distortion.
Don't you just love those "it depends" answers?
Don't you just love those "it depends" answers?
#3
I have found that sometimes it shrinks my block. I read somewhere that this can happen and well it made a lot of sense when my squares were short 1/4 inch. I still steam but only on larger fabrics
#7
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Alberta, Canada
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I use a dry iron. I keep a spray bottle of water near the ironing board. I sometimes will give a fine spray to the fabric and press with the dry iron. That way you get the benefit of steam without distorting the fabric.
Using a dry iron means you don't have to clean it.
Using a dry iron means you don't have to clean it.
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