I'm pottering through my first patchwork for what seems like a lifetime. I fell in love/lust of a couple of jelly rolls and decided to go for Eleanor Burns' "Boston Commons". ALL those little squares and ALL those 1/4" seams: I'd forgotten so much about it all.
I was going great guns until the cross-cutting stage. Then, suddenly, none of the seams seemed straight. I re-measured and tweaked, but it all seemed very hard going. I discovered it was the pressing that was going askew. In the end, I lined up the right angles on the mat and the ruler and just went for it! SCARY!
Now, I always set the seam, then press. (And I mean press, not iron) The question is: to steam or not to steam? And is there a trick with the type of iron? I've tried both, and with the exeption of bias seams (when steam seems a recipe for disaster) I can't decide which is best.
Suggestions and advice and recommendations, please? And tricks for cross-cutting that doesn't result in boomerangs and dog-legs?
Nel (Gadget Queen)