One of Edward's favorite pastimes in the workshop is turning these little lovelies. Averaging 5-1/2 x3/4 inches, each presser is made from a natural colored hardwood and finished with sealer and warm, silky paste wax. Some pressers are downright exotic in grain or color, providing an individual keepsake tool for the quilting devotee. Lest you wonder how they are used, the approach is marvelously basic: wherever you would use fingers or a thumbnail to press open a short fabric seam is where to use this pretty wood iron. (Paper-piecing quilters love this tool!) This means the same action can be used on paper as well, repurposing the seampresser to a scrapbooking or origami folder tool. You will find the tool comfortable to use as the turned handle ends in a lipped "hoof" for a perfect place to use a forefinger for pressing leverage. Lovely as a gift, stocking stuffer or a well-deserved present to oneself. Ah, go on, you know you need one. Maybe two.