"Setting the seam"

[AnnieF]

What's the purpose? Do you do it?

[kmerfeld]

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I do and find that my stuff will lay flatter

[BobW]

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I do set my seams. I do it because Jenny does it for the most part. I think it makes the stitches lay better. But who knows! LOL

[Jean Sewing Machine]

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They say setting the seam makes the threads bury in the fabric. Just try to rip after you set the seam, yes the threads do bury! I just find it works so much better if you do it! Makes for a much flatter block/top.

[Kgrammiecaz]

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They say setting the seam allows the thread to bond with the fabric. I do think the seams lay much flatter. And it is much harder to rip it out after setting the seam, so maybe it does work.

[Jean Sewing Machine]

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They say setting the seam allows the thread to bond with the fabric. I do think the seams lay much flatter. And it is much harder to rip it out after setting the seam, so maybe it does work.

Karen, we are sharing a brain today!

[Sylvia H]

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Yes, I do. Same reason - the seams lie flatter.

[Iris Girl]

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I do for the above reasons!

[Kgrammiecaz]

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Karen, we are sharing a brain today!

that's too funny - same post time, same post info.......

[Momama]

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Yes, I do, the same as all the above^^^^

[Midge]

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What all the experts above said. I was making HSTs out of scraps. Some I set/pressed, some hadn't been pressed. I decided I didn't like the combination of solid with the print. So I ripped them. And learned the hard way.

[AnnieF]

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Thanks for the info - I don't always do it and wasn't sure what the rationale was. Now I'll have to do some experimenting!

[cindirae]

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I absolutely do it with every seam. Every single one. It makes all the difference in the world when you finish the block. Seams lie flatter and iron open to the fullest.

[Swedish leo]

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I have to join in with the setting the seam gang!

I sett every seam I sew and it lays flatter.

[Sonic]

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I do try to set seams and like the others have learned the difference it makes.
However I don't always press to one side or the other (or open) because depending on what I'm doing I like the option of changing things up in the block orientation. If the seam is already pressed to one side (like directions say) then it will be wrong when I flip it up side down as compared to where I'm sewing it to.
My machine doesn't like it when all the seams go one way like that.

Of course I could avoid that by ironing everything open, but that's too much like work.