Uses For A Wool Pressing Mat

This gives your pressing efforts an added boost.

Uses for a wool pressing mat.

I also used to have a lot of sheep long before sheep s wool was ever used for making pressing mats. Here are before and after shots of a some half square triangle units on the wool pressing mat. Making just one will make buying a ready to use wool pressing mat attractive by comparison. I thought it would be especially useful for pressing borders and yardage after all it presses both sides at once.

Here are the same type of units on a regular ironing board. The inch thick wool is an extremely reliable pressing surface that retains heat within the felted fibers. This creates an additional source of heat beneath your fabric. Wool pressing mat 4 sizes wool felted ironing mat portable ironing mat wool felted mat by sutherland wool usa choose size featherednest97030.

Overall i m vey pleased with the pressing mat and use it every day. You can see how flat and crisp the units on the wool mat are. Here are some steps to follow if you decide you want to make your own. When i was shopping for a pressing mat i knew i wanted a large one.

It s a small price to pay for having a great pressing surface. And it s not that much more expensive. The size of your crochet piece of wool can reach about 40 by 30 inches in size. Made from 100 wool the savina pressing pad is a densely felted wool pressing mat.

It really makes piecing more fun and accurate when your blocks are very flat. Bradie s exclusive 6 week learn to quilt master class. Wool protects all your sewing blocks whether embroidered or fussy cut ensuring pressing. 5 out of 5 stars 7 840 7 840 reviews 44 00 free shipping favorite add to.

Since the wool mat is felted washing should be okay but i would probably hand wash it. Wool is wonderful at a lot of things and one is keeping the moisture when it s wet. That dampness from the steam will stay in your mat or transfer to the surface below. Yes when wool pressing mats get damp from the steam coming from your iron they smell like wet sheep.

And it grabs much better than the cut n press boards i ve used before. Learnt to quilt with bradie. Yes i have a wool pressing mat. Unlike the flannel the magic pressing mat holds the heat and steam like crazy.

1 don t use steam in your iron when using your pressing mat. You can buy some wool to make your pressing mat or crochet a piece of out of wool yarn.