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Pressing and Cutting Paradigm Shift needed
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 de-fang email address to reply |
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I just wash, iron, fold and put away and maybe cut the next day. I seldom
cut the same day I have the fabric pressed and I never cut ALL the pieces at the same time anyway. Most of the things I have made are sampler type and each block had different sized pieces. The few I have made that are all the same size shape, I cut enough for a row or two then sew and cut some more as I dont want to cut more than I can use. -- Kathy in CA Quilting Stuff: http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/kathys1068 "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 de-fang email address to reply |
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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? -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply |
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Ok, how do you fold it so you can cut it without having to iron it again?
-- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply "Kathy in CA" wrote in message ... I just wash, iron, fold and put away and maybe cut the next day. I seldom cut the same day I have the fabric pressed and I never cut ALL the pieces at the same time anyway. Most of the things I have made are sampler type and each block had different sized pieces. The few I have made that are all the same size shape, I cut enough for a row or two then sew and cut some more as I dont want to cut more than I can use. -- Kathy in CA Quilting Stuff: http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/kathys1068 "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 de-fang email address to reply |
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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 http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply "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? -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply |
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I don't have a problem cutting fabric that has been pressed
some time before. I am wondering if the humidity might be what wrinkles your fabric? Is it stacked so that there is a large amount and it weighs on itself? Martha Stewart has a neat pull down inside laundry line that would be great for temporarily storing fabric over a sewing area: http://www.marthastewart.com/page.jh...961&site=&rsc= HTH, Taria 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? -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply -- Please visit my web page at: http://home1.gte.net/res0yk6g/taria/index.htm See my Siberian Cat, Lilly, at: http://home1.gte.net/res0yk6g/lillypage/lillycat.htm |
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Actually I just fold it in half, then in half again and so on until small
enough to fold the other way (to make it sq). When I get ready to cut I just smooth it out a liitle by hand. I cut off a little off the width to make it even but the next time I cut the same fabric I just smooth it out by hand and match the edges up. -- Kathy in CA Quilting Stuff: http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/kathys1068 "frood" wrote in message .com... Ok, how do you fold it so you can cut it without having to iron it again? -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply "Kathy in CA" wrote in message ... I just wash, iron, fold and put away and maybe cut the next day. I seldom cut the same day I have the fabric pressed and I never cut ALL the pieces at the same time anyway. Most of the things I have made are sampler type and each block had different sized pieces. The few I have made that are all the same size shape, I cut enough for a row or two then sew and cut some more as I dont want to cut more than I can use. -- Kathy in CA Quilting Stuff: http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/kathys1068 "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 de-fang email address to reply |
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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? -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply Skirt hangers with peg tops are great for hanging pressed fabric. -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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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 de-fang email address to reply |
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Try hanging the pressed fabric in the closet on trouser hangers--or any
hanger with a padding on it . It will just hang around, looking smart and pressed until you need it. RedQueen, hanging around herself! (but not so neatly) |
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