Joy's Jots, Shots & Whatnots: Using a Pressing Bar for a Hem

Back on August 20, the contents of a bag of items purchased on the World's Longest Yard sale was revealed. Included in that treasure bag was a set of "Quilter's Press Bars." Set of 5. Something I said I would have never wished for because I didn't think I would have a need.
For some reason, I grabbed them. Turns out, I've already used one of them.

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I was asked to hem a wedding dress.

Working on a wedding dress makes me nervous. So I used tons of pins in the light chiffon like fabric. (Even the camera had a hard time working with the sheer fabric.) The safety pins I used during the fitting. Later I pinned at the turn. Thank goodness I was able to use an iron on this fabric to crease the hem. You can see where I marked the cutting line with an invisible ink marker. After I cut on the dotted line, I took the safety pins out.

Then I double turned and top stitched the 1/8 inch hem. I worked very slowly & reminded myself to exhale a lot.

Comparing my hem (the lower one) with the factory hem, I was relieved.

Moving on to the layer underneath which was not a taffeta & not a silk but at least not a sheer fabric. It was slightly heavier. I knew I wanted to cut 1/4 inch away from the crease of the hem I had turned up. Then, for some reason I thought of the Pressing Bars. One of them was 1/4 inch wide. I laid the bar next to the crease line.