BeverlyJo

I had this very same thing happen to me. I was just thankful I was in the room at the time. Sometimes I leave the sewing room for a minute and leave everything turned on. It burned a hole in my ironing board cover, but thankfully nothing else. Hope you hand is better. Let us know what Rowenta says about this.

quaint4900

What a frightening experience !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope your hands heal fast. Don't know where the burnt part on the quilt is, but is it possible for you to put an applique over it and date the quilt when it was made and what for and have it blend into the quilt somehow? Take care of your hands.

grandme26

Hope your hand is healing?

grandme26

I hope your hand is healing.

Wonnie

Just for the record it doesn't have to be an electrical appliance that catches on fire. Years ago I was dampening clothing to be ironed ... had a clear glass pop bottle filled with water and fitted with a sprinkler top sitting on the kitchen table and a pile of clothes to be dampened piled on a chair nearby ... all of a sudden I noticed smoke billowing out of the center of the pile of clothes. Called the fire department because I just couldn't figure out what had just happened. Evidently the sun was shining through the 3 large kitchen windows and through the clear glass bottle of water which acted as a prism generating heat which focused on the clothing and caught them on fire. Who would have thought???????????

karate lady

so sorry for the burns, but please do not put ointment on burns. Very cold (not ice) water to stop the heat. You can put the ointments on later . The object is to stop the heat from burning more just like a roast from the oven continues to cook. smile.. Ice will just give you frost bite which is as bad as burning. Hope it heals well and you get a monetary refund from the iron folks. Would not want another one. smile...

bearisgray

One needs to be aware of all those sorts of things - that's why clear glass balls/spheres are covered!

mah

I had a Rowenta regular iron start smoking on me. I was just glad I was quilting at the time and smelled something burning! It had one of those auto shut offs and I had at one time or another forgot to shut it off when I did errands so luckily it didn't do it then when I wasn't home. I also have that travel one so please let us know what the Rowenta people said. I will pass this on to my friends that have this travel iron. Thanks..........

labtechkty

Not too long ago, I had read another post that essentially said the same thing about the Rowenta Iron...I had thought about buying one but I don't think I will now...so sorry about your hand and fabric...Please post a pict..someone might have it in their stash...

cny_sewer39

OMG. I am sooo sorry that this happened to you. Thank you so much for the warning. I believe that I have the same iron, and I will be extra careful. I hope that you were not seriously hurt. <HUGS> <HUGS> to you.

Have a blessed day.

debra