Trip around the world - how to press blocks
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Trip around the world - how to press blocks
Tell me what you do as far as pressing your blocks in a TAW.
I press my seams together, and I'm not going to press them open, but if you do, I'm interested to hear why.
So, do you press toward the darker fabric?
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Do you press all the columns the same direction, going opposite the next column to achieve that nice little, fit-together affect, even if you'll have seam show through?
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I press my seams together, and I'm not going to press them open, but if you do, I'm interested to hear why.
So, do you press toward the darker fabric?
or
Do you press all the columns the same direction, going opposite the next column to achieve that nice little, fit-together affect, even if you'll have seam show through?
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Is three a crowd?? Because I agree. I also alternate them because I want my seams to "fit together". Less bulk = easier to quilt !! The old saying is to press to the dark so the seam won't show but there are exceptions to every rule. Remember the I before E except after C?? The reason it use to be unpopular to press seams open is because batting would beard thru the open seam and let me tell you, THAT is something you don't want to deal with. Battings have fortunately improved since the dark ages of quilting during the 70s. ;-)
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Ok -- consensus. Alternating, in order to get that lovely nesting lock, and the resulting perfect corners. I have some really big contrasts in my current project, so I am afraid there will be the dread seam allowance show through, but maybe it won't be too noticeable.
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