In message <[email protected]>, [email protected] writes
An alternative would be to use a damp pressing cloth. Again, use
distilled water! And only as much heat as is necessary. With a
pressing cloth,
you can use a non-steam iron. The problem is you cannot see all that is
happening under the pressing cloth, and you may accidentally press
creases into
the lace.
I used to get round this problem (too long ago to remember what I was
ironing at the time, probably a gathered seam - I did a lot more
dressmaking in the days before I bought my first steam iron!) by putting
the damp cloth under, not over, whatever it was I was pressing.
Obviously not of use if you want the cloth to protect from heat, but it
provided the moisture to help the iron remove the creases, and I could
see what I was doing.
Maybe someone should develop a clear, transparent, pressing cloth?
--
Jane Partridge
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