![]() ![]() If your fabric requires a lower temperature, "layer the heat" to build the bond: use multiple lighter pressings with the warm to hot iron. Use firm pressure and a hot iron for 5-15 seconds to give the fuse a chance to migrate into the top and bottom fabrics for a strong bond. To permanently fuse the piece down, first cover with parchment paper or a Teflon sheet. Place or pin the trimmed piece into position on your quilt-top. Allow to cool, then use a rotary cutter or scissors to trim out your fuse-backed shape. Iron lightly to attach the fuse to the fabric surface. Always test parchment for suitability first (silicon-coated parchment works best). Place the assembly between sheets of parchment paper or use Teflon pressing sheets. Layer your fabric right-side up over a slightly larger piece of Mistyfuse. It creates a lasting bond with a bulk-free, very fine web - a dream to work with! Directions are as follows: 1. Because there is no added adhesive, it will not gum up your scissors or quilting needles. It is a dream to work with - it handles well, is sheer, doesn't add bulk to your fused piece, and bonds firmly once cooled. I tacked it on and put little rubber in the corners so it wouldn't slide and it is easy to pick-up.Use Mistyfuse™ for all weights of fabric - from velvets and cottons to delicate tulles and organzas. ![]() Portable too, fits into my bag for classes. There were only a few scorch marks on the wood.:cool::cool: I turned over the white thermo stuff, recovered with new silver stuff. I had worn out the other layer of silver stuff - with some holes and it was almost thread bare. ![]() I have seen some of those tv trays made up - but they are way to puffy! Need to be able to smash those seams nice and flat. This makes for a great flat pressing surface. It only has 2 layers of this thin thermol stuff that the ladies at JoAnns suggested I use, and then the one layer of silver stuff. I use it ALL the time! With any piecing I do, next to my machine. We moved into this house almost 8 yrs ago now - and I just re-covered that board. left with a thick piece about 14" long by 8 or 9". He bought really long boards, cut the stairs. My little protable thingy is a chunk of wood left from the stair treads we build. which are no longer needed as the girls now each have bunk beds. My husband made it (for me to the size I wanted) out of toddle bed parts. That is one of the best parts about owning my Euro Pro steam iron.never happens no matter how long you leave it down! Now give me a real iron and I will be dangerous!īonnie - I to have a big board that slides over a regular metal ironing board. Just curious.Could a feller quilt grid lines into duck or canvas? (Yes, I'm spoiled, I have two sewing rooms!) Don't remember where I got the second one, (yard sale or mission bargain store) so have one in the basement by the LA and one upstairs in the little sewing room. It needed new cover and pad, but I could stand on that thing and it wouldn't bend. One of my cousins cleaned out her shed and gave me an old metal ironing board. There was no way that thing was going to hold one of the big board adapter things for pressing. When dh and I were married, I got a new ironing board.and it was JUNK! The thing was tinny and wobbly and bent right across the middle of the board. Sigh! set the iron down and turned away, and it must have fallen over. Why is it that the day that the iron scorches a big mark in the middle of the ironing board cover is the day AFTER you just put on the NEW cover? They're brilliant! I'd love to have one, but haven't found my tv trays yard saling yet! The Quilting ladies do a similar thing to wooden tv trays, and make a small, portable pressing surface for schlepping to quilt retreats, etc. Still, it's not a small thing to have in the sewing room, but it is worth it's weight when it comes to pressing cotton. The pivoting head allows me to lay it flat for pressing, or to pivot it upright to stand it out of the way. The weight of that curtain seems to hold things down well enough! I did not pin or tack the fabric onto the top, (because I didn't want to 'mess up' the top and may use it again for drawing sometime in the future) but one certainly could. It's surface is something like 30" x42" and I can nearly press a whole wof cotton on it. I covered the top with heavy duty foil to protect the wood surface, then topped it with a layer of batting, and folded and draped a HEAVY old curtain over that, topping the whole thing with a layer of the teflon ironing surface. This is a wooden one, it's free standing, and I wasn't using it for drawing any longer. What I use is a student art/drafting table. You asked for portable, but I thought I'd toss out my table idea:
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