...if you want great looking garments, you'd better get to know & love your iron!

...your garment needs to be pressed at various stages of construction; here's what we do...

...before we cut our garment out, we press the fabric completely flat-unless of course it's a crinkled-finish fabric, in which case we give it a light steam, just to get any unwanted wrinkles out...

...*obviously* we press any interfaced pieces-collars, plackets, cuffs, facings-once the interfacing is applied, but we also press the actual piece when we, say, put a collar together, or prepare a cuff...

...we press all our seams-first we press them on one side, to sink the threads into the fabric. then we press the seam open, or to one side, or whatever we want to do for that particular project...

...we press all our hems up-on skirts, dresses, pants, sleeves, and tops-before we sew our hems, because that gives a really slick finish...

...we always press on the wrong side of the fabric whenever possible; if that's not an option, we make sure we use a pressing cloth-we use silk organza and cotton muslin for our pressing cloths...

...finally, we make sure that our 'final press' is as gentle and careful as possible; we like to hang the garment up, or drape it on a dressform and g-e-n-t-l-y steam it for the best results...