Pressing seams
#1
When you are sitting at your machine, do you press every seam that you sew as you go on your quilt top? Where do you keep your iron? All around my machine I have things stacked up to sew, so I was wondering if it would be worth the time to 'create' a pressing area by my machine.
#4
I usually chain for awhile, then press. My ironing board (full size) is across the room. It makes me get up and move, otherwise I would be sitting WAY to long. I tried setting up a pressing area next to my sewing machine, just didn't work for me.
#5
I press as I sew. I have an ironing board next to my sewing machine. It encourages me to stand up and move a bit while I am sewing. I do sew a chain of items at one time, then I stand up and iron them all, then sit and sew some more.
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Yes. I learned the hard way to not skip this step. have a small table with a cover on it next to my sewing machine to make it easy. Sometimes I will get up and walk across room to use my ironing board. just depends what I am doing.
#10
Yes, I press every seam. The iron is set up at the opposite end of the room from the sewing machine. I think that getting up to iron is better than sitting for long periods of time, and I don't want the heat from the iron that close to me while I'm sewing.
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