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SARA NEPHEW'S DESIGNER SECRETS
A pressing concern . . .
A tailoring aid, the wet press cloth, can help ensure success when sewing 60-degree-triangle quilt designs.
Use a dry iron to press your seams as you stitch the pieces together. When you have a whole block assembled, place it right side up on a padded pressing surface.
Wet a piece of white cloth and wring it out. (Pieces of an old 100-percent cotton sheet are great for this.) Place the wet cloth over the block and run the hot iron over it, dampening the whole block. Remove the cloth and use the hot iron to dry the block, pulling at the corners to straighten it, as required. This is like blocking a sweater, because it flattens the block and shrinks out the bulk in the seams. This will make it easier to deal with the extra seams produced by the 60-degree angles.
After you've pressed the block, turn it over to see if any of the seam allowances have flipped over in the wrong direction. Usually they go the way they should, but correct them if you need to, pressing from the back.
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