{"id":341,"date":"2020-01-14T11:54:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T17:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/?p=341"},"modified":"2020-01-14T11:54:03","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T17:54:03","slug":"pressing-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/?p=341","title":{"rendered":"Pressing Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Accurate pressing is just as important as accurate seams in producing well pieced quilt blocks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Scraps
Even scrap blocks need accurate pressing or they will pucker along the edges, making them hard to join together.

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Inaccurate Piecing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"pleated
Note under the tip of the iron how the seam is pleated and needs pressing flat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Setting
To avoid those pleated seams, first press from the wrong side, as shown, to set the seam. Doing this will aid in producing a crisp, flat seam on the top side.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Right
When you turn the piece over and press from the top side, you can use the tip of the iron to “dig” into the seam-line and spread the seam flat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Pressing
There are many tools, aids and irons available to improve and make accurate pressing easier. Mary Ellen’s Best press is great for getting out stubborn creases. And I stick with Black and Decker, because they steam good, and the two Managers of Operation have animated discussion on the ironing board, and irons have been the casualties.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
  • \"Punkin\"
    Punkin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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    Irby<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Angels, arent they.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Accurate pressing is just as important as accurate seams in producing well pieced quilt blocks. Angels, arent they.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-pressing-seams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344,"href":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341\/revisions\/344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}