The wedge iron looks good but price seems quite high. I have the mini iron but rarely use it for quilting -is helpful when making doll clothes.
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The wedge iron looks good but price seems quite high. I have the mini iron but rarely use it for quilting -is helpful when making doll clothes.
I have the clover iron and use it for fusing small pieces when I applique. It does get hot and will melt it's little stand so I place it in a mug on its side. It works well.
I was using the Clover mini iron, I laid it on my ironing board......I smelled something burning...yep, it was burning a hole in the cover....it was crispy burnt! Whoops........glad I was still in the room! It gets HOT!Originally Posted by sherryellen
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.
Alyce
I see small irons at the Salvation army all the time, that's where I buy mine. Much less money and they work.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
Cindy B from MA
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).
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.
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.
Alyce
One of those extra goodies I can do without. I use a little spade looking iron to do seams while sewingHave 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
less than 15.00 usd
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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