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    Old 09-02-2011, 04:18 AM
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    Steam and Best Press
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    Old 09-02-2011, 04:22 AM
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    Steam usually, dry for paper-piecing.
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    Old 09-02-2011, 04:31 AM
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    I use both,depending on the job.
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    Old 09-02-2011, 04:39 AM
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    The Continental dry iron - Home Depot online. Love it. It's heavy, hot and doesn't have automatic shut-off. None of those annoying holes in the plate for fabric to get caught in. Highly recommend!
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    Old 09-02-2011, 04:49 AM
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    Originally Posted by ckcowl
    i NEVER put water into my irons- i keep a water bottle on the end of my ironing board- if my fabric needs a little spritz- and i don't want to use starch or sizing- i just pick up the spray bottle and give it a spritz----no hot drips- no leaking iron- has worked well for me for 45 years.
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    if I feel the wrinkles are more than spritzing can fix, I spray with water put in a plastic bag and place in the fridge over night...this will swell the threads and remove the wrinkles!
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    Old 09-02-2011, 04:50 AM
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    Originally Posted by Eloise
    STEAM STEAM STEAM STEAM. It sure is a wonderful part of my quilting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    yet one of the first things they teach you in beginners class is NEVER steam...at least NOT your blocks...it distorts them!
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    Old 09-02-2011, 04:52 AM
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    Dry- and I think Mary Ellen's Best Press is the best stuff around! Never heard of it until I I joined the board.
    Totally worth the money.
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    Old 09-02-2011, 04:56 AM
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    Originally Posted by annthreecats
    Originally Posted by ckcowl
    i NEVER put water into my irons- i keep a water bottle on the end of my ironing board- if my fabric needs a little spritz- and i don't want to use starch or sizing- i just pick up the spray bottle and give it a spritz----no hot drips- no leaking iron- has worked well for me for 45 years.
    Thanks for this tip. I need a spray bottle for water in my sewing room. Off to Walmart after work.
    Just use an empty, pump hair spray bottle. Gives a nice fine spray and you don't have to buy something.
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    Old 09-02-2011, 05:02 AM
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    Dry iron with spray sometimes.
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    Old 09-02-2011, 05:03 AM
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    Steam, but I press not iron.
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