![]() So now I avoid built up of seams and press more open than to the side. Then I wanted to be able to FMQ and stop just stitching in the ditch and found that by pressing to one side I have FMQ problems – my foot hits an intersection and my nicely formed circle or feather suddenly has a dent and my almost even stitches are not so even any more. I finally found a way that worked for me by mainly pressing to one side. I have been trying to become a better piecer (accurate) for just over a year now and I have experimented a lot with pressing. ![]() I really do like the locking feature of pressing to the side. I imagine the person knows the difference and just is not cautious in the wording. I guess my biggest pet peeve about it is when watching a tv program or a YouTube and the person says, “Press your seam open,” and then proceeds to press it to the side and this happens continually. Of course, she wins awards on her quilts, too! Again, I think it’s a lot how we were taught and personal preference. I mean she is so meticulous that I think she always uses the pre-printed paper for making ALL her half square triangles. She said that she almost always presses her seams open. I recently took a class with a meticulous quilter. I thought the times had changed and that was the tried and true method now or even perhaps for machine piecing. By then, I was using a mat and rotary cutter as well as a sewing machine. Then when I went back to classes years later, I heard of pressing to the darker side of a seam. ![]() I imagine most of the thought was for the blocks to lie flat. Of course, I leaned hand piecing – with scissors, plastic templates, and hand quilting. I was first taught to press my seams open. I think in many cases, it’s a matter of how we learned.
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