I gave up on my cheap iron. When I was visiting Linda and held her Rowenta I was reminded that a heavy iron is a nice iron. My local Bed, Bath, and Beyond had several choices. I chose the $89, not-quite top of the line iron.
This is the one that said 'more steam' on the box and it does, in fact, put out a whole lot of steam. It's heavy and it glides well. As I read the instructions I promised myself that I would empty it daily - and then I forgot to empty it yesterday. Sigh. I will do better. I will even run the self-cleaning cycle every two weeks. I promise!
Now I'm going to show you a quilt back I'm working on. The quilt top is mostly gray with blue. I'm using a fabric that I still have on the web site and I think that when you see this, you might want some. I don't have a lot - but I do still have some in 3 colorways - gray, aqua, green.
I called this fabric Raining Dots. The dark edges with dense dots are at the selvage. Below you can see that I trimmed the selvage edges and cut the fabric lengthwise, down the middle. Then I put the dark edges in the center...
Not bad, but I need a wider back. I added some of the strips that I had left over from the top in the center...
I didn't love the color. I could make it work, but I don't want to make it work. I pulled out my white and gray solids...
It didn't take long for me to know that this quieter, monochromatic direction makes me happy. As soon as I post this post, I can go back to sewing (and Ironing). If you now know that you want some of this fabric, order soon. Click here. Because you know what? This back could as easily be a quilt top!
