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Posted by Patti on July 2, 2009, 4:34 am
Pressing seams open at a quarter inch is not difficult. Have a little
practice and you'll be fine. I love the extra flat look. One tip I
will pass on: press the seams open with a *dry iron first. Then you can
use steam (if you do). It's a little hard on your finger tips otherwise
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You could also finger press them - but that could get a little tough,
too!!
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>The good news is that all the bias edges are sewn and the matches are
>all pretty good. The bad news is that two more seams to sew (or is
>that good news, too?!) so have a bunch of less-than-elegant
>intersections.
>Susan, I love Jo's question!
>Polly, I just read about that kind of clipping, with a suggestion to
>use a bit of Fray Check.
>Patti, I was wondering whether I should have pressed all the seams
>open. That was easy with 5/8" garment seams, but sounds a little
>challenging with only 1/4". Time to get out the tiny sharp
>scissors...
>--Heidi
>http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b
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Best Regards
pat on the hill
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Posted by KJ on July 2, 2009, 9:49 am
The Rowenta travel iron is really good for pressing seams open. It gets
really hot and is easily maneuvered into the seams.
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> Pressing seams open at a quarter inch is not difficult. Have a little
> practice and you'll be fine. I love the extra flat look. One tip I will
> pass on: press the seams open with a *dry iron first. Then you can use
> steam (if you do). It's a little hard on your finger tips otherwise
> >g<
> You could also finger press them - but that could get a little tough,
> too!!
> .
> In message
>>The good news is that all the bias edges are sewn and the matches are
>>all pretty good. The bad news is that two more seams to sew (or is
>>that good news, too?!) so have a bunch of less-than-elegant
>>intersections.
>>Susan, I love Jo's question!
>>Polly, I just read about that kind of clipping, with a suggestion to
>>use a bit of Fray Check.
>>Patti, I was wondering whether I should have pressed all the seams
>>open. That was easy with 5/8" garment seams, but sounds a little
>>challenging with only 1/4". Time to get out the tiny sharp
>>scissors...
>>--Heidi
>>http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b
> --
> Best Regards
> pat on the hill
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Posted by Julia in MN on July 2, 2009, 2:07 pm
I think pressed-open seams are a bit harder to match, as you can't nest
them; however, it is better than two seams pressed in the same direction.
Have you thought about how you will quilt it? If the seams are pressed
open, stitching in the ditch stitches only over other stitches. When the
seams are pressed to one side, stitching in the ditch actually stitches
on the fabric right next to the seam.
Julia in MN
heidi (was rabbit2b) wrote:
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> The good news is that all the bias edges are sewn and the matches are
> all pretty good. The bad news is that two more seams to sew (or is
> that good news, too?!) so have a bunch of less-than-elegant
> intersections.
>
> Susan, I love Jo's question!
>
> Polly, I just read about that kind of clipping, with a suggestion to
> use a bit of Fray Check.
>
> Patti, I was wondering whether I should have pressed all the seams
> open. That was easy with 5/8" garment seams, but sounds a little
> challenging with only 1/4". Time to get out the tiny sharp
> scissors...
>
> --Heidi
>
> http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b
>
>
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Posted by Patti on July 1, 2009, 2:49 am
If you can press the seams that come to the edges *open, I think that
will make it easier for you. The internal seams will have been sewn
down, for the most part, so you can alter them, but the 'edge' ones
should be OK. If you can't get the whole seam open, because of prior
pressing and sewing earlier in the process, you can open the seam end by
having one of the seam allowances tapering (the one on top).
HTH.
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>After all this time, I'm realizing that there are serious holes in my
>knowledge and experience. Decided to do a Carpenter's Wheel quilt.
>Points look fine stitching a row together. But I just don't seem to
>understand how to deal with the points of two half-square triangles in
>one row against seams in the next row. I can't alternate pressing rows
>left and right to nest, because the triangle squares don't want to
>play nice. (Does this make any sense?)
>What do you do? And do you press a row as you finish it or finger
>press as needed as you put rows together and then press seriously
>after?
>Can you recommend any place online to learn more? I thought there was
>a Quilt U course on pressing, but I don't see it now.
>--Confused in Indiana (aka Heidi)
>http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b
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Posted by Patti on July 1, 2009, 6:19 am
So sorry. I meant you *can't* press the already sewn seams open.
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>If you can press the seams that come to the edges *open, I think that
>will make it easier for you. The internal seams will have been sewn
>down, for the most part, so you can alter them, but the 'edge' ones
>should be OK. If you can't get the whole seam open, because of prior
>pressing and sewing earlier in the process, you can open the seam end
>by having one of the seam allowances tapering (the one on top).
>HTH.
>.
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Best Regards
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