We often pour all our attention into cutting and stitching, and then treat pressing as an afterthought, but it turns out that iron is doing far more work than we give it credit for. In this live session from The Quilt Show, Alex Anderson digs into pressing and shows just how much it shapes the blocks we build, so those points and seams end up crisp and true.
Here is why this one is worth watching:
- Pressing is a technique, not a tidy-up. Alex treats the iron as a proper part of piecing, and getting it right makes a visible difference to how flat and accurate your blocks turn out.
- The little decisions add up. Which way you press a seam, whether you press or iron, and how you handle bias edges all affect the finished block, and this untangles them clearly.
- It is a live, in-depth look. Because it is a full session rather than a snippet, you get the reasoning behind each choice, so you come away understanding why, not just how.
Are you a press-to-one-side quilter or do you press your seams open, and has your approach changed over the years? I would love to hear how you handle pressing in your own blocks.
