Well, they didn't teach me this in Home Ec.
#11
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I pointed that out to him, but since he's a lefty, he claims that won't work for him. I've gotten to the point where I have to leave the room when he irons, or I get a case of the giggles.
Hey - at least he irons his own shirts!
Hey - at least he irons his own shirts!
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I'm starting to wonder why we even need the boards that taper at one end. Most quilters I know make those wide tops for their boards.
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I'm so confused!!!!! I didn't know there was a certain way that the ironing board would normally stand. I've lived in a trailer forever so I have to haul it out into the kitchen when I want to use it and I've never set it up a certain way, it just depends on which way I open it that particular day (narrow end to the right...narrow end to the left). when I quilt it's all dependent on which way I walk up to it...as my sewing machine is over here but my cutting area is on the table over there...so I access both sides.
#18
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That's what I do. Set the iron on the narrow side and you have more room to iron (if you are right handed)
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#19
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I always iron next to a counter and set my iron on it. I had a baby couson that pulled the iron off the ironing board by the cord. It fell on his little hand and as a baby he has to have several skin grafts from his little legs. <o></o>
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