Think I read this tip here. If you have an iron rest, those ones that you sit your iron in on an angle, some ironing boards have them. Rest your iron there with the tip of your iron pointing down. Your iron will not shut off.
Originally Posted by
sewbizgirl
It drives me nuts and wastes much time when I'm quilting all day and have to stand and wait, shaking the iron, to "wake it up" and then wait for it to reheat. Seems like every time I need to use it, it's already shut off and cooled down. Are there any old fashioned irons that don't have the auto shut-off feature? I would love to have one for quilting.