Just wondering...
As I sit here casually sewing tiny pieces and equally tiny blocks together and using the tiny iron I have set up right next to my machine so I don't have to get up to press between each seam, it got me to wondering what our fore-mothers did when they pressed. I picture their heavy cast iron IRON, sitting on top of the wood stove in the little log cabin, but wonder about the PRESSING process back then. I certainly have heard/read more about the quilting and piecing process than the ironing. Anyone know?