ISO Pressers

In my brilliant mind, I knew this was going to happen.  1/2 inch double fold bias tape is hard to find and/or expensive.  So I have someone in the army cut 2-inch strips of fabric way back in the beginning.  Now we need some more people in the army to press the 2-inch cut strips into double bold bias tape.  Here are the instructions...

This is the stash that needs to be pressed.

And here is how you do it.  It isn't hard just time-consuming.  Add this to sewing the mask and it takes about an hour to do four where we can do three in about15 minutes if I have everything ready.  So this would be a game-changer.

Press design side down.

Fold each end in 1/4 inch to make a finished end.

(I forgot this step before I did the other folds and had to go back and do it so pretend those creases aren't there.)

Fold in half and press.

This is how it should look on the ends.

Fold one half of the strip to the middle and steam press.

Then repeat on the other side.

 

 

This is how it should look before the last pressing.

Fold the two sides together and steam press one last time.  I pin the two ends and then a pin in the middle to hold things together.  Then they are ready for us to sew.

So if you have the time and are willing to press a few I will have a bin on the front porch labeled 'PRESSERS'.  We would appreciate is and would give you hugs if we could!

In my brilliant mind, I knew this was going to happen.  1/2 inch double fold bias tape is hard to find and/or expensive.  So I have someone in the army cut 2-inch strips of fabric way back in the beginning.  Now we need some more people in the army to press the 2-inch cut strips into double bold bias tape.  Here are the instructions...

This is the stash that needs to be pressed.

And here is how you do it.  It isn't hard just time-consuming.  Add this to sewing the mask and it takes about an hour to do four where we can do three in about15 minutes if I have everything ready.  So this would be a game-changer.

Press design side down.

Fold each end in 1/4 inch to make a finished end.

(I forgot this step before I did the other folds and had to go back and do it so pretend those creases aren't there.)

Fold in half and press.

This is how it should look on the ends.

Fold one half of the strip to the middle and steam press.

Then repeat on the other side.

 

 

This is how it should look before the last pressing.

Fold the two sides together and steam press one last time.  I pin the two ends and then a pin in the middle to hold things together.  Then they are ready for us to sew.

So if you have the time and are willing to press a few I will have a bin on the front porch labeled 'PRESSERS'.  We would appreciate is and would give you hugs if we could!