Press, press, press, then press some more. \u00a0It seems like sewing involves more use of the iron than the sewing machine, doesn’t it? I don’t know, some people love using the iron while others skip the pressing steps and wear the finished garment anyway. I remember as a child, my grandmother would set up an ironing board for me. \u00a0I don’t know if ironing boards still do this, but somehow it was short so I could iron easily. \u00a0She would set the iron on the lowest setting and I ironed my grandpa’s handkerchiefs all day long. \u00a0I loved it. \u00a0Then as I learned to sew she pressed the issue further. \u00a0“Skipping pressing makes clothes look homemade!” \u00a0Heaven forbid someone find out she made my clothing. lol<\/p>\n
I am a firm believer in pressing as you go. It makes such a difference in how the finished product looks and wears. Seriously, I press so hard you cannot tell there is a seam. \u00a0My goal when pressing is to make it look like the dress just “happened” pressing is the trick. Megan Nielson<\/a>\u00a0is a fan of pressing too. \u00a0She actually presses her fabric before cutting. \u00a0I never thought of doing that. \u00a0But, guess who’s going to start doing it now. \u00a0Then there are the suggestions of never pressing <\/a>over pins. \u00a0Great point! \u00a0They melt and then I cry! \u00a0But, I have learned buying pins with glass heads prevents this problem.[envira-gallery id=”1237″]<\/p>\n I learned that pressing is not the same as ironing. \u00a0Ironing is a method used when moving the iron back and forth over the cloth to remove wrinkles. \u00a0Pressing is entirely different. \u00a0to press you must, pick up the iron and then set it down on a different part of the cloth, applying heat to the cloth with pressure. If the fabric is delicate and may scorch, it’s best to use a pressing cloth. Really, any piece of light weight woven fabric will do for this. \u00a0Most of all, no matter how much you dislike pressing, ENJOY!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Press, press, press, then press some more. \u00a0It seems like sewing involves more use of the iron than the sewing machine, doesn’t it? I don’t know, some people love using the iron while others skip the pressing steps and wear the finished garment anyway. I remember as a child, my grandmother would set up an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,13,9,64],"tags":[301,286,302,303,289,304,15,43],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}