Tartan

I paper pieced an adorable pair of high heel shoes from the newest issue of Quilts from Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks magazine. I cleaned my iron, I made sure my ironing board was clean too. I just looked closely at my blocks, yep, you guessed it, iron smudges! I currently have it drying after carefully cleaning the seam lines with a q-tip and water. It's not the end of the world but still frustrating! The smudges must have come off the iron but I don't know how. Bummer!

Rose L

I haven't had any trouble pressing the Fairy Frost fabrics. Having said that, I have had my iron stain a quilt in the past. I believe because I had used distilled water in it previously and did not empty it when I was done pressing that the water caused a rust to form inside the reservoir. The next time I steam pressed a quilt top with the same iron the rust made spots all over the quilt top. The iron has been replaced and I haven't used steam since. If I have a tough wrinkle that needs steam, I use a spray bottle instead. So sorry you had a problem. I hope it all has disappeared once the quilt is dry.

ckcowl

i learned the hard way to use a piece of muslin- press cloth pretty much on all white / light fabrics. it always seems to happen on the special fabrics.

QuiltE

I've had some Fairy Frost fabrics ... and don't like them!

First of all ... they seem to have a "plastic" finish to them which makes them feel unnatural.
I pre-wash/shrink all my fabrics ... and the FF I have noticed that the finish has come off unevenly.

That being said, I really am not surprised to read of your dilemma.

Will I buy FF again ... no way!

virtualbernie

Never thought to use a pressing cloth, thanks for the tip!

QuiltnNan

i sometimes have difficulties when i first heat up the iron. i turn the dial all the way up and then back a tch to the cotton setting. sometimes i don't turn the tch enough so the iron is too hot on that first press.

LeslieFrost

I have this happen too! I have dialed back on the heat a little, and if I remember I tip the iron down on part of the board and smush it around a second before putting it on the fabric.