Clover Wedge Iron
#13
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Mableton, GA
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I have a very small iron I got at a quilt show. It is cute. But, like the video above, the cord comes out the side and I have found that to be annoying if I want to switch directions or put it in my other hand. I don't use it. I think if the cord came out the back it would be easier. I have two of those other clover small irons and don't find them useful either. They get hot enough but for me it is just easier to use a regular iron. I guess that it what I am used to.
#14
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Mass
Posts: 314
Iron
Have any of you tried this iron yet? This link is to a short Clover show and tell, says it has 3 heat settings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOdg...-subs_digest-g
I have a small iron, but I'm doing english paper piecing and giving those components a good pressing from the back is sort of a problem because in pressing one bit the back of the iron is incorrectly pressing the back bits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOdg...-subs_digest-g
I have a small iron, but I'm doing english paper piecing and giving those components a good pressing from the back is sort of a problem because in pressing one bit the back of the iron is incorrectly pressing the back bits
#15
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 453
I'm sure it's a great iron, BUT I would rather spend my money on fabric. I started out quilting with using a small travel iron, still using small travel iron. They are cheap so if I drop it, NO problem I go to Goodwill and pick up another one for $2.00. I picked up 6 the last time I stopped in, because of the price and I have given to others to use when teaching a class. I was traveling and couldn't get to my iron, so I used my flat iron on low (my hair was in a huff, but in a pinch it worked).
#16
Ha. I hadn't looked up the price when I asked the original question. Wow. Not for me.
Just to reiterate...I'm pressing the back side of English Paper Piecing rosettes,
a totally different way of piecing than foundation paper piecing or as we shorten it to, paper piecing.
Just to reiterate...I'm pressing the back side of English Paper Piecing rosettes,
a totally different way of piecing than foundation paper piecing or as we shorten it to, paper piecing.
#17
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Mableton, GA
Posts: 11,335
I am living in the wrong place! I frequent a bunch of thrift stores on a regular basis and see irons. But the bottoms are always scratched, scraped, peeling. I have never (and I have many a zillion trips over the years) seen one in any kind of good condition!!
https://jet.com/product/detail/0d83a...FRApaQod3D8AyA
I saw this one in the Walmart today. The cord comes out the back. If I were in the market for a small iron I might try it. But not any time soon.
https://jet.com/product/detail/0d83a...FRApaQod3D8AyA
I saw this one in the Walmart today. The cord comes out the back. If I were in the market for a small iron I might try it. But not any time soon.
#18
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Littlefield, TX, USA
Posts: 1,077
Have any of you tried this iron yet? This link is to a short Clover show and tell, says it has 3 heat settings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOdg...-subs_digest-g
I have a small iron, but I'm doing english paper piecing and giving those components a good pressing from the back is sort of a problem because in pressing one bit the back of the iron is incorrectly pressing the back bits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOdg...-subs_digest-g
I have a small iron, but I'm doing english paper piecing and giving those components a good pressing from the back is sort of a problem because in pressing one bit the back of the iron is incorrectly pressing the back bits
less than 15.00 usd
#19
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Slidell, Louisiana
Posts: 6,951
I just bought a mini iron the other day at Hobby Lobby, haven't had a chance to try it yet, but I'm itching to! It is a Smartek I think, anyway only 12.95 with 40% off coupon, so less than ten dollars. I wanted it to press down the rounded edge dresden blades, I always burn my fingers trying to do it with my regular iron. I really wanted one of those little Clover ones, but they didn't have those.
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