I iron more than you do. I say that with confidence, mostly because few of the  people who read these stories also quilt. And none of them, to my knowledge, work at a dry cleaners. The thing is, ironing is the intrinsic partner of piecing. Maybe, just maybe you could manage to create a double wedding ring without pressing. No, I take it back. You can't.

Perhaps that small fact does not concern you. More than likely you have no desire to iron. Possibly don't own one, or even if you do have no clue where your spouse keeps it. Fabrics these days are not as prone to wrinkles as they were in the era of Laura and Mary Ingalls, whose implement was heated over the hearth and was literally made of iron, nor even in the days of my own youth. I once had a job ironing a woman's wardrobe which included her underwear. Her socks. I was young and had no reference point but it had never occurred to me that such items were in need of pressing. Certainly my own mother never did. She devised a strategy where she would spray the Christmas dinner tablecloth with water a few times during the day and the creases relaxed on their own. 

But even as much as I already routinely pressed my blocks, I am doing it more. The recent resurgence of One Block Wonders in my sewing room inspired the purchase of another book on the topic, and I read it cover to cover. Don't get too excited. It is mostly pictures. But in the list of must-dos it included opening the seams. Quilters do not as a matter of course open seams, for a variety of reasons I will spare you now. But the author impressed on me, if you'll forgive the pun, the need to reduce bulk when six hexagons converge in a single point. 

Point taken, if you will indulge me, and now I am coaxing quarter inch seams to go their separate ways. Let me tell you it looks better. I only wish there was a way to go back in time and iron the twenty One Block Wonders I have already finished but their seams are invisible, as they well should be. 

Even though it would be tenable for me to think I already know my stuff when it comes to quilts, I was receptive to influence. I bought the book for the purpose of making better tops. That of necessity entails doing things differently. 

There are many areas of a person's life where we might believe we already know enough. Fortunately for all of us, there is more to learn.