Just a thought, but if you press a piece and then cut off what you need at
that moment, but you don't want to fold it again, do you have a large wall
that you can somehow attach it to so that it won't get those nasty fold
marks? Is there a spare bed that you can leave it lay out or do one fold
over (much faster to iron than 20 of the dang things)? Heck, I'd even try
to fold it around a pillow to help reduce those creases....

Can you tell that I have a crease problem too? I haven't tried any of these
yet....so let me know if anything works! ;-)

--
Dannielle from NY
http://www.beitzell.com/dannielle/index.htm




"frood" wrote in message
.com...
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?

--
Wendy
http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm
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