annt59

How about a man's cotton handkerchief?

Jeanne S

I use an old cotton tea towel (not terry) or scrap of muslin. Any light color cotton fabric scraps would work.

0tis

Just a piece of muslin and a spray bottle of water.

Bree123

White Fat Quarter -- this is the time when you actually can use some fabric from Joann or HL.

That said, I recently called Pellon because I was having an issue (their customer service is fantastic!). The rep was super knowledgeable & said that in place of a damp press cloth, you can just use a steam iron for that piece of the instructions. If you own a steam iron, the only benefit of a press cloth is to help you make sure you don't leave it on super long. I no longer use a press cloth except for my iron-on quilt labels.

Cybrarian

I have appliqué pressing sheets, but for a pressing cloth that has to be damp I use a part of an old white bed sheet.

Bree123

oops, I forgot. Other benefit of press cloth is to keep iron clean, but I find it easy enough to clean off with dryer sheets.

Aurora

When I used one in the very distant past, I used a square of white cotton (man's white handkerchief).

jeanne49

I found some white baby mattress sheets in a second hand store - still in the pkg. and they were cheap, really cheap. I cut them into different size pcs., squares, rectangles, etc. and keep them by the ironing board. My mother used to use towels and muslin. Don't use anything with color in it. Stick with white, off white and the like.

jitkaau

A damp press cloth is a piece of cotton material, usually an old cotton sheet, which has been dipped in water and then wrung out so that it is damp but not dripping. Place it over the object and press on top of the cloth with the iron.

Jingle

This is what I thought of immediately. My Husband has a lot of them that he stopped using years ago. I couldn't stand to throw them out. I don't do much pressing that requires them.