I didn't really think about Giles and Spike . . .

When my ds was younger, I used the same system, although I always unplugged the
iron when I was done. I guess I was lucky because he wasn't too wild. . .
although once, he cut open a newly finished quilt too see what was inside. I
was livid, and told his father to take him for a walk so I could yell to my
hearts content. I never left scissors lying around after that.

lisae, who has learned how to repair quilts. . .

frood wrote:

Unfortunately, the bathroom must remain the pressing area. I can lock the
door to keep out rampaging toddlers, and put away the iron as soon as I'm
finished. The bathroom is not big enough to cut in, and my big table is just
perfect for my big mat. It only takes about 10 seconds to get from one place
to the other - the house is big, but not that big!

--
Wendy, whose QIs are of the 2-legged variety
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"Lisa Ellis" wrote in message
...
You need to cut fabric in the same place you press the fabric. It is to
time
consuming to carry the fabric from one location to another. Also, then
you
can press and cut as you go.

My method: pile fabric collection on sewing room floor around the ironing
board. Kick cat off ironing board, blow cat hairs off ironing board,
press
1st piece of fabric, cut quilt piece - ironing board acts as cutting table
-this works for all but borders. Kick cat off pile of fabric, pick second
fabric, shake cat hairs off, kick cat off ironing board, etc., etc.

I can't imagine having a cat free area. Tuxedo would claw down the door
to
the sewing room, while Tigger would get mad and spray something, just to
let
me know he shouldn't be excluded. :-)

lisae


frood wrote:

I need to fundamentally change the way I prepare fabric for cutting. My
current system is time-consuming, and keeps me from doing mass cutting
at a
time.

Currently, I:
- Gather the fabric to be cut
- Press it, one or two pieces together if they are the same size
- Lay it over the half-wall in the bathroom (my pressing area) or on my
bed
(for large pieces)
- Take the pieces to the dining room for cutting

The problem is, if I want to do a lot of cutting (like I have this mad
hair
about cutting strips from each of my fabrics), I don't have enough time
to
do all the ironing at once, then do all the cutting. If I just do enough
ironing to match the amount of time I have for cutting, (say I have 30
minutes {well, just pretend!} I can spend 15 minutes pressing, and 15
cutting) this does not get much done.

I cannot think of a way to store the fabric after it is pressed to keep
it
wrinkle free enough to cut it another day.

I'm looking for ideas here. How do you do this? Press and cut as you go?
Devote an entire day for it? (in my dreams!) Have a QI-free sanctuary
for
pressed fabric?

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