10 Tips to Get Flatter, Less Wonky Quilt Blocks

In this quilting video, I offer quilters ten valuable pressing tips aimed at alleviating their frustrations with quilt blocks, with this how to get their quilt block seams to lay flat and to be less wonky. I also share a rather unusual tool to help get seams to lay flat.
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[@patriciacarey6324]

You are a riot!! Came upon your channel via google. Sooo happy. Happy quilting!!

[@ginnielynn]

Aw, thank you so much! I am so glad you found my channel and are enjoying the content! Happy Quilting! 🌻

[@notesfromleisa-land]

I use Teflon coated fiberglass sheets as pressing sheets. They get super hot, no stretch or drag when pressing and no sheen left behind. Great vid.

[@ginnielynn]

Thank you so much for the kind words and for watching ! Thank you for sharing about the Teflon sheets too! 🌷

[@dialarkingsley3924]

Love your humour to lighten a sometimes frustrating procedure. Great visual on your techniques. Tx. Ontario, Canada.

[@ginnielynn]

Thank you so much for your kind words and for watching! 🌻

[@bibliophilecats]

What a fun intro 😂

[@ginnielynn]

Thank you so much! It was fun to shoot as long as I kept my outfits straight! Lol 😂

[@julieh4816]

Good advise, picked up a few pointers there.

[@ginnielynn]

Thank you so much for watching. So happy to hear the tips where helpful! 🌻

[@Westernwilson]

This is well presented, but if you have seams that won't lie flat, your quilt top has fullness/wobbles/bubbles the problem is usually in construction, not pressing technique. Back up a bit and go back to basics: did you cut accurately with straight cuts? Did you sew a correct and straight seam? did you press seams open as much as possible (keeps the top flat as possible)? Those three things cause "the wonky and bubbly." Pressing/spraying/blocking can hide construction errors but it cannot fix them.

[@ginnielynn]

Thank you so much for sharing and watching! 🌻

[@carriesaindon5382]

Lol I have been tempted to take them to the riad crew and have them steam roll

[@ginnielynn]

Lol it would be flat for sure! Thank you for sharing! Happy Quilting

[@Carriequilts]

Lol 😂glad to see that I am not the only one that has ever used the hammer on a seam.

[@ginnielynn]

It is the best thing! Love it! Thank you for watching! 🌻

[@veronicascott8012]

I love the end 😂❤

[@ginnielynn]

It was a fun experiment! 🌻 Thank you for watching!

[@lpendergraft]

Thank you

[@ginnielynn]

You're welcome! Thank you for watching! 🌻

[@mhagan8475]

😂😂😂

[@ginnielynn]

Thank you🌻! So happy to see the laughter! It was a fun piece to shoot. 😂

[@susanowen1709]

So glad I came across your video; I am in the process of planning a HST table runner, and some of my practice blocks came out a little wonky. Now I know why - your ironing tip, I think, will make all the difference. I'm not so sure on the spiraling of the seams, though. It works, I've seen dozens of videos demonstrating it and it definitely works, but I just can't seem to grok how to do it. How do you know which stitches to clip, and which way to spiral? I've managed it once or twice, however I have no idea what I did differently on those to make it work. Well, maybe someday I'll figure it out, LOL! Perhaps the hammer method will be my go-to on those instead 🙂 Thank you for sharing; I've saved this to my "sewing tips & tricks" folder and I'm sure I'll be watching it again.

[@ginnielynn]

Thank you so much for watching and your kind words. I known spinning the seams is tricky. I will see if I can outline some steps to help you. 🌻