Pressing Matters ~ #IGQuiltFest2021 ~ Day 12

 

#IGQuiltFest2021 ~ Day 12 ~ Pressing Matters

This is my pressing station.

It is to the right and raised to a level so that I may swivel in my chair and press 

without standing up from my counter height swivel chair. 

This is a custom size board to fit on my storage unit and in the space between my computer desk and the corner.

I love wool pressing mats and have a small one for blocks.

I also like to use a wooden clapper and a spray bottles,

 one with water and one with Best Press

I use my iron on dry heat setting and spritz as needed.

Pressing Board How-To Posted Here

My homemade pressing board used to be longer and set up in the room where my

 long arm now lives. Two years ago when I moved it to my sewing corner,

 I cut it down and added a wool top. 

On of my favorite features of this pressing board is that it is unattached

and I can move it to my tabletop to press quilt tops, yardage, and quilt backs

that need to hang over the edge of the table.

My iron is a Panasonic Cordless, so it is also easy to use anywhere. 

I love my pressing set up.

I am enjoying seeing others pressing solutions

 in the IG Quilt Fest.

Are you following along? 

Backing Fabric Love

Today I prepared the backing for a quilt.

This is fabric is from  Love Letters by Henry Glass.

I used this fabric last year to frame my Quilty Love Cross Stitch

I love this watercolor rose print so much that I bought enough to back a quilt

when I saw it on sale last summer.

I heard Tula Pink say in a video presentation that you should always put your best fabric on the back of your quilts because that is what will be closest to the person snuggling under the quilt.

I agree. 

I pressed the backing by setting my portable wool covered pressing board

 onto my cutting table so the fabric can lay smoothly over the edge.

My cordless iron is also very handy for changing my pressing stations. 

I won at "bobbin chicken" today when I was seaming the backing together.

It was a close one!

It has been rainy here today and some of our snow has melted

 but now the temperature is dropping so there will be ice.

I have been snug inside and it has been a successful quilty day.

My longarm is loaded and ready to quilt tomorrow.

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I hope you are having a happy quilty week.

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