Saturday, September 28, 2019

RIP Steam Iron

I was all ready to do some sewing last night, and plugged in my trusty steam iron to press all the scraps. I love this iron because it's simple and always gets the job done. Only the iron wouldn't get hotter than lukewarm, and even began leaking water all over my ironing board. I don't have a spare, and my scraps are all too wrinkly to sew without first pressing them, so no patchwork last night.

On the plus side, the latest batch of photos just arrived, so I spent my night finishing up Oliver's first scrapbook for his parents. Here's one of our boy with his other grandmother that is super cute:

1 comment:

nightsmusic said...

Whatacutewiddleface!! And you know, he even looks like an Oliver. :)

When I saw that RIP though, I gasped! I was afraid what it might say but...iron...all's okay again. I know what it's like to not have one though. However, I do have one of those old ones our ancestors used to heat on a cast iron stove and I've used it in a pinch on the gas stove. Works better than you might expect!

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