A better iron has been invented

 I said I'd report on the new iron I found and here's my results on the Reliable Steam Generator iron. This is a brand new kind of household iron, a steam generator that has no hose or separate water tank. It doesn't heat the water on the sole plate, which eliminates the sputter and drip nearly every iron has.

What I can report is a better iron has been invented!

1. There is an override for the auto shut-off if you want to keep the iron on.
2. The Reliable Steam Generator has a sensor in the handle that knows when you are touching the iron. It runs the steam as long as you're touching it. The steam results on even my most challenging quilt blocks is amazing (see photo). The seams are FLAT, even better than the Rowenta. (I used to have a Rowenta Pro Master which gave good steam results. It leaked though.)
3. The steam works really well, and it's conservative in it's water usage, which makes it last longer. And not one sputter or drip!!

I highly recommend this iron! Here's the link to find it!

https://reliablecorporation.com/collections/home-steam-irons

VELOCITY 230IR COMPACT VAPOR GENERATOR IRON

His Mercy is New Every Morning!

Ode to Sewing Machines #28

Many of you follow my "Ode to the Sewing Machine" posts.  We've all seen the ads on craigslist, ebay and elsewhere.  The clueless sellers give those of us who sew a belly laugh, or two!

No one in their right minds would continue reading, but who says quilters are in their right minds, so here's installment #28...

This is the only picture shown in this ad.  Clueless!

There was no description of this machine and the seller had 0 feedback.  

Hang your surge protector on the wall

 I have used a surge protector for my iron for 10 years with little problems.  Until last night.  I had my surge protector lying on the floor next to the ironing board all that time.  Last night it started flipping off repeatedly.  I thought the surge protector was going bad so I ordered a new one. When I plugged in the iron I realized water was dripping down the electric cord into the surge protector!  It wasn't going bad, it was doing it's job!  

I hung the surge protector on the wall as a solution should this ever happen again.  I ordered a new iron today!  Will report on how well it does in a future post.

Sewing for the Quilt of Valor group

 I'm stitching quilt tops for my Quilt of Valor group this week.  There are about 20 women in our group and we sew quite a few tops each year.  3 of us are longarm quilters that finish the tops into quilts.  Here's the one I'm working on today!

Quilting today?

It is Well

 There is a story behind the hymn "It is Well with my Soul".  Listen to this true story!

My first videos

 I started a facebook group for owners of the King Quilter II longarm machine.  There isn't much in the way of help for those of us learning how to use the monitor with all the different settings so I thought I'd make some videos to help with that.