Favorite Tip or Helpful Hint
#51
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Boston
Posts: 225
A hint for the footpedal of your machine -- to keep from sliding, put it in one of those trays for wet boots -- they come in a two pack so there is usually one left over -- my basement (aka 'the studio') occasionally gets wet and right by my chair -- the boot tray has about a 1" lip and it is rubber. The foot pedal is always dry and never moves
Mary
Mary
#52
It's so great to see all these wonderful tips! Here's another one about the starch situation. I googled 'powdered starch' and got the obvious: cornstarch. Despite growing up in a 'make-do' time and an extremely 'make-do' rural neighbourhood, I guess I'm falling prey to the trend to specialization. Here's the link and lots of the tips are wonderful for around the house, including the recipe for both spray starch and a 'soaking' starch. Hope you enjoy it, too!
http://www.hodgsonmill.com/tips-tric...-starch-tricks
http://www.hodgsonmill.com/tips-tric...-starch-tricks
#53
I can remember when my mother took in ironing. She would "sprinkle" the clothes, then put them in the freezer for awhile. She said this made the iron just glide across the fabric. I think it does!
#54
Originally Posted by alaskasunshine
I remember my Mom used a beer bottle with an aluminium top that had a sprinkler tip on it. She would shake it and water would sprinkle on the clothing. She used to iron my Dad's uniforms for the Army. I have always loved to iron!. Oh how I wish I could find the tip she used. Does anyone know what I am thinking of? :?
She did wash for a living - all with non-automatic roller type washing machine and no dryer.
#55
My mom did the same thing with clothes. Sprinkling was my favorite job. She also had pants stretchers. I remember her and my aunts were so excited about them. She hung them on a rod behind the wood stove. They worked great unless you did not get the slacks on there straight.
I have to keep my husbands shirts ironed for work. He has over 75 Hawaiian shirts ! Not because they are required, he just likes them. I just do not understand wearing stuff that is wrinkly. Looks so unkempt. I guess I am just old fashioned.
I have to keep my husbands shirts ironed for work. He has over 75 Hawaiian shirts ! Not because they are required, he just likes them. I just do not understand wearing stuff that is wrinkly. Looks so unkempt. I guess I am just old fashioned.
#56
Originally Posted by Deb watkins
I keep a plastic bag taped to the edge of the table to catch my thread snips and small scraps. The roller wheels on my chair seem to catch them up if I don't! Wondered why the chair didn't roll as well as before.
#57
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Somewhere inTexas
Posts: 968
I have my mother's old coca cola bottle with a sprinkler type cork on top. Had it wrapped in my carry-on -- you should have seen the confusion at the airport --none of the youngsters working knew what it was! Took several old folks in line to convince them it was okay -- and it had no liquid in it. Everytime I look at it I can picture my mom using it.
#58
Originally Posted by LAQUITA
my grandmother uses her OLD pantyhose (the ones with runs in them) to store her onions and potaoes in. WHILE hanging them up on the carport so they could get some air and not rot as fast!
Yes, her pantyhose. :)
Yes, her pantyhose. :)
#59
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: york county, PA
Posts: 940
Originally Posted by Midwestmary
Originally Posted by alaskasunshine
I remember my Mom used a beer bottle with an aluminium top that had a sprinkler tip on it. She would shake it and water would sprinkle on the clothing. She used to iron my Dad's uniforms for the Army. I have always loved to iron!. Oh how I wish I could find the tip she used. Does anyone know what I am thinking of? :?
She did wash for a living - all with non-automatic roller type washing machine and no dryer.
#60
My husband had to wear white shirts everyday to work. One day I ironed all of them except one. The next morning he asked where that shirt was, told him it was still in the ironing pile and if he wanted it he would have to iron it himself and then I told him he could iron all his shirts from then on. Guess who took his shirts out to get them ironed.
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