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Re: My foot's in my mouth...or not? 05 Mar 2013 18:13 #98369

Reetzbobeetz OFFLINE Posts: 4193 Thank you received: 209	Cathy, you have just reminded me that we used to clean the iron by wrapping a candle in brown paper and running the iron over it.
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Re: My foot's in my mouth...or not? 05 Mar 2013 18:06 #98368

CaroleD OFFLINE Posts: 229 Thank you received: 3	Orientation of photos taken with iPads and iPhone is an interesting thing. Apple does not mark the "bottom" of the photo with the same conventions as everyone else. I experimented a great deal after realizing I was sending upside down and sideways pictures to my computer friends. Most of the time, if I have the home button on the RIGHT side, they will get the correct orientation.
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Re: My foot's in my mouth...or not? 05 Mar 2013 17:41 #98367

lorra OFFLINE Posts: 962 Thank you received: 122	When I was young (ages ago), Mom would have us run the hot iron over wax paper, then onto a brown paper bag. It was to clean the iron and keep it smooth. The paper bag removed any wax that was on the iron. It worked great for that, but I wouldn't put it on my fabric. I too seem to have trouble keeping my foot out of my mouth.
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Re: My foot's in my mouth...or not? 05 Mar 2013 14:40 #98361

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LOL! Margo, we laugh at that but think about how far we've come! I remember about 20 years ago, watching "Star Trek: The Next Generation" with my trekkie nut husband and seeing the character of Captain Picard using an e-reader. I don't remember what they called it on the show. But I distinctly remember telling my husband that I wanted one of those! He just rolled his eyes and laughed at me! Who's laughing now?

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Re: My foot's in my mouth...or not? 05 Mar 2013 13:14 #98355

Margo OFFLINE Posts: 6522 Thank you received: 129	Nancy, I think you may be right. Now we need to get John to work on "feel-a-vision"!
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Re: My foot's in my mouth...or not? 05 Mar 2013 10:50 #98350

rehak OFFLINE Posts: 2783 Thank you received: 458	So I wonder if your 'greasproof' paper is actually our 'parchment paper' rather than our 'waxed paper'. Our parchment paper works perfectly for keeping fusibles from the iron, but I don't think I would use waxed paper for that (although I haven't tried). Seems like the wax would melt onto the iron. Nancy
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Re: My foot's in my mouth...or not? 05 Mar 2013 10:35 #98349

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PosyP wrote:

Sounds like 'wax paper' in the states could be our 'greasproof paper' in uk, now here is a curious thing I was talking to my Dad the other day about different types of paper, and he mentioned that to make greasproof paper it was dipped in an (acid?) bath which 'melts' the outer surface of the paper and causes it to go translucent & shiny (all the molacules smooth out & join up) and this is what makes it 'grease' proof.

I will give it a whirl & report back. But as Wendy says, I go for the wrappers of reams of copier paper too, unfortunately they are not all suitable as I have found out to my cost

Actually I won't bother to give it a whirl, because now I think about it, greasproof paper is what we use between the iron and bond-a-web to stop getting gunk on the iron. Still I tried it out for something else entirely and it works great for that

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Re: My foot's in my mouth...or not? 05 Mar 2013 09:32 #98347

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Zarah wrote:

gynconnie wrote:

That's a good idea, Margo...I'll see if I can email them.

Sorry for the upside down photo. Maybe it will look OK to the folks in Australia?!

That might be the new trend. The other day I got a video from my DIL that showed my grandson doing his first crawling. I nearly fell off the couch when I opened it and he was crawling on the ceiling

. Clever boy!

We haven't figured out why the computer turned it upside down. It was taken with her iPad. Does anyone know if it has a preferred direction when shooting. I mean the screen is always so you see it right but maybe the camera needs to be hold a certain way.

My picture was taken on an iPad also. I'm thinking you must be right about the directionality. Guess I need to get back to proofreading my posts!

Norma, congratulations on having a grandson with superpowers! Maybe you should sew him a cape instead of a quilt!

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Re: My foot's in my mouth...or not? 05 Mar 2013 06:33 #98340

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gynconnie wrote:

That's a good idea, Margo...I'll see if I can email them.

Sorry for the upside down photo. Maybe it will look OK to the folks in Australia?!

That might be the new trend. The other day I got a video from my DIL that showed my grandson doing his first crawling. I nearly fell off the couch when I opened it and he was crawling on the ceiling

. Clever boy!

We haven't figured out why the computer turned it upside down. It was taken with her iPad. Does anyone know if it has a preferred direction when shooting. I mean the screen is always so you see it right but maybe the camera needs to be hold a certain way.

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Re: My foot's in my mouth...or not? 05 Mar 2013 03:18 #98334

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Re: My foot's in my mouth...or not? 04 Mar 2013 20:49 #98328

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Re: My foot's in my mouth...or not? 04 Mar 2013 20:37 #98327

gynconnie OFFLINE Posts: 730 Thank you received: 27	That's a good idea, Margo...I'll see if I can email them. Sorry for the upside down photo. Maybe it will look OK to the folks in Australia?!
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Re: My foot's in my mouth...or not? 04 Mar 2013 16:46 #98320

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Just as we suspected! The question now Connie, is do you remember which shop you were in during your travels where you heard the advice being handed out?

And, more important, will you contact them to let them know your findings? I know that there are lots of different ways to do almost everything in the quilting world, but this is just wrong, and it bothers me that it is being advised as a workable alternative to people who probably don't know better!

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Re: My foot's in my mouth...or not? 04 Mar 2013 16:40 #98319

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The verdict: Waxed paper doesn't work. I tried ironing a square of waxed paper on to a square of prewashed muslin, such as I would typically do for making a quilt label. Even on a cotton setting, the waxed paper won't stick to the fabric. I get the sense that some of the wax is being transferred to the fabric, as the appearance of the muslin seems to be changed a little over the waxed paper area. Here's a photo of the product in question for our European friends.

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