Pushing the Envelope

Often find that you can never fit the paper pattern pieces back into the envelope once they've been used? A friend in one of my sewing classes showed me this trick. You can iron them smooth, then fold them to size and they'll fit back into the

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envelope beautifully! It doesn't take much, just a warm, dry iron will do the trick, a couple of seconds over each piece, smooth it out and you're done. I like to go one step further and press the whole paper envelope once the pieces are back inside. This makes for more storage room as well.

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