How To Make A Pressing Mat For Quilting

Making a wool pressing mat.

How to make a pressing mat for quilting.

If you do the latter then you will need to send it through the washing machine a few times using hot water to get it to look like you want. You can buy some wool to make your pressing mat or crochet a piece of out of wool yarn. Has anybody made a wool pressing mat. To address your specific questions.

I strongly suggest that you use a 100 cotton duck you can find it at a store like joann s. Yes when wool pressing mats get damp from the steam coming from your iron they smell like wet sheep. A hard pressing surface are shown further down on this page. Online seems the best way to get one as i haven t found them on any of my quilt shop hopping treks.

Some of my quilter friends ordered through a local quilt shop who was charging 55 for the smaller version. I also used to have a lot of sheep long before sheep s wool was ever used for making pressing mats. Could my quilt pressing be sooooo much more satisfying. Be mindful of the price you pay.

I have a wool blanket and am thinking of making my own. Yes i have a wool pressing mat. At least not yet. The video instructions that i used to make my own pressing boards totally love.

I know i need to felt it first. The size of your crochet piece of wool can reach about 40 by 30 inches in size. There s now a new smaller size 9 x 12 called the mini pressing mat. But the cotton cover is too thick to be much help so i bought the wool ironing mat when quilt in a day had their sale.

It s a small price to pay for having a great pressing surface. I got the large one figured i needed at least 24 inches based on.