Ironing your yardage?
 

Your fabric will still dry. It will be hot. Heat dries it. I have an Oliso now and used to have a Laura Star Steam Generator. They both have a setting for maximum steam I have used that setting. The fabric still dries.

I've been ironing for 60 years and can't see why it would even be necessary.

Also, I can hear my mom's voice in my head: Don't move the fabric until it cools. It does take a few more minutes, and you don't have to wait until it's stone cold, but give it a few seconds to cool. This is especially true with blocks.
You can take this with a grain of salt as she also said it's colder in the country than it is in the winter. We are still trying to figure this one out.

Its colder in the country than in the city in winter. Fewer heated houses and cars to contribute to the heat level. Often several degrees difference.

Just finished ironing some yardage this morning. I usually place it across my bed to let it cool or "rest' as my gma use to call it. When I iron I pick it up straight. Don't pull it off to the side.

Speaking of Oliso, I have the yellow one and have been finding that it doesn't heat up to the same "level" as my generic walmart brand, even on the highest setting & no steam. Has anyone found this to be the same? Maybe I was expecting more?

QuiltnNan: have you had problems with ironing your yardage? Just curious. I am a sloppy ironer, so I only do the fabric unfolded because otherwise there has a tendency to have wrinkles. So for me, I don't need to have the extra 'heat' coming from the bottom, but maybe you do. If I did, the foil idea might be good.

Was an interesting idea at any rate!

Yup, mines in a box and bought another rowenta shortly after I got my oliso. Much more heat

yes, my yellow Oliso does not get as hot as other irons, but I love her just the same.

ok, thank you! It pulls SO much wattage I really expected it to heat up extremely hot and it does not! I thought it was just mine... what did you get instead?

I really like my Oliso, too. It's not as good as the Laura Star Steam Generator, but it's a small fraction of the cost and good value IMO. I almost died when I looked to see how much a new Laura Star was when my last one died.

I have a reflective cover on my board and a "shoe" on my iron. Not sure if it really does a better job but I think it does. It's easier to handle more delicate fabric - that's for sure.

I have the blue oliso and like it so far. It was a little bit of a learning curve though.

We use the old-fashioned looking Black and Decker in our church sewing room and it gets much hotter than my Oliso at home. But I still like the Oliso for the lift feature.

When i iron/press fabric or blocks, i try to go "with the grain" to minimize distortion.

Its probably the same as the one I'm still using. They last forever. I had my previous one for 25 years.

My yellow Oliso does not heat very well either. It also started spitting water when I was using steam.I got a Hamilton
Beach. It gets really hot

Yes, from this thread I'm finding that the only benefit is the lift option since temperature wise, there are other alternatives.

I only iron what I need for a project.

Wash and starch and dry fabric
fold it selvage edges together and straightened
when a quilt calls for 3/4yd I pull it from my stash and cut that amount off my yardage
I only press that amount. If it is a little wrinkled a spritz of water helps.

I don't find very many wrinkle problems doing it this way. I don't like pressing fabric and storing it, pulling it out to use and pressing it again, that would be torture for me.:D

I make my own ironing board covers out of cotton fabric. Do you think if I put the ironing board silver under the cotton it would the same thing as the foil?

I think this is because if it is still hot it can stretch, sounds right to me. Smart Lady your Mom