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05-05-2010, 08:51 AM

#31

Deenie

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If you go to the dollar store and buy 2 door stops " the rubber kind" and put them under the back of your sewing machine it tilts the machine forward and is soo much easier on the neck and shoulders

05-05-2010, 09:09 AM

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Snappy

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Thank you for the tip. I will try that.

05-05-2010, 10:34 AM

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tarbender30

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I tried that with erasers and did not like it at all.

05-05-2010, 04:28 PM

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dljennings

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Quote:

Originally Posted by gailmitchell

My hubby made me an ironing board something like the "Big Boards". The top is rectangle and measures about 22 x 60. I absolutely love it. Basically he made it out of a half a piece of plywood, and then put cleats on the under side so it would fit my traditional ironing board. I then covered it with a couple of layers of discount fabric.

Although when it comes time to iron an shirt, there's no pointy end for the sleeves. Oh, well.

Who irons shirts??? if it doesn't look ok coming out of the dryer, i put it back in with a damp towel... if i'm ironing, i'm quilting!

05-05-2010, 08:04 PM

#35

butterflywing

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re: quilter's ironing board. do you mean size or construction?

re: ironing shirts. my friend always laid out her husband's shirts flat and ironed them that way. he worked in an office and never took his jacket off. never did the sleeves, only the cuffs. :mrgreen:

05-06-2010, 03:40 PM

#36

badger

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I like to iron also -altho not everything. Like to press my husbands white handkerchiefs - dress shirts and some of my good slacks and knit tops.

05-16-2010, 07:29 PM

#37

Marysewfun

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I like to iron my clothes - it just gives me a finished feeling. Maybe after I retire, I will have a different thought about it. :-)

Also someone mentioned cutting table height - A local thrift store had a couple of those hospital serving tables (they use for bed-ridden patients to serve their meals, etc) - it has casters for easy rolling around, a good solid framework, and you can turn a crank to adjust the height up for standing up, or all the way down for sitting to it. I put one of those cutting boards on it, clamping it to the table ith "C" clamps, and I can adjust the table to whatever suits my project or my mood.