Speaking of irons -- As a side note, I dashed over to amazon.com and bought a "Petite Press" tiny iron because a lady on this forum highly recommended it. I had been looking for an iron with a tiny head to press down the seams in the middle of a block so I could control the seams better. It doesn't take the place of the good old regular sized iron, but I do love my new little toy. It heats fast, gets really hot, has a nice long cord, but not so heavy that it pulls the iron off your ironing board. You do have to use it once to get the feel of it, and you have to press down harder since it is lightweight.
It isn't a steam iron, but it doesn't need steam as it is nice and hot and really does iron those seams down.I plan to get my DD (dear daughter) one for Christmas.
I had tried another mini iron from JoAnn's and returned it. It was worthless!