Pressing -

 

 

Was on the agenda yesterday - 

 

First I pressed the strata - 

 

For my Northern Woods Bargello -  

I needed an EVEN number of rows - 

 

Because I pressed the odd-numbered rows up -
And the even-numbered rows down - 

 

So that they will nest nicely when I cut the strata - 

And shift the rows up or down a notch -

 

The easiest way to press them that way - 

 

Is to press the "odd" numbered strips "out" from the center of the strip - 

 

It's like a "two for one" -

 

You get the one seam pressed UP - 

And the other seam pressed DOWN at the same time -  

 

 

I pressed each of the four strata separately - 

 

Then sewed one pair into a tube - then the other - making two tubes - 

 

And folded them in half for cutting later - 

 

 

By that time my back was telling me to sit down - 

And find something else to do - 

 

So I pulled out the Sundance flat packs -

 

And pressed them - 

 

 

Then draped the first set over the front rail on the longarm - 

 

 

Then I figured that as long as I was pressing one set - 

 

That I might as well press the rest of them - 

 

 

Now I can sew the "twosies" for all four sets as I go along -

 

Or make one strata of all twenty strips - 

 

So that I have a visual aid to keep them all in order - 

 

I haven't decided yet - 

 

But it will probably be the latter - 

 

Just because I REALLY like the blending of this batch - 

 

And wouldn't want to mess it up -

 

As Gene said in a comment the other day - 

It never occurred to me before, but someone at the company chose to put the fabrics in that order. So, why not use them that way?

I totally agree - why not? -

 

Sorting them in a pleasing order would be like reinventing the wheel - 

 

It's already been done - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -