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Teflon Iron Plate

While I was working on a bag project last week (which required a lot of fusible interfacing and tons of ironing), I had the pleasure to try out this handy little gadget. I had never heard of it before, but it’s called Iron Safe. This is what it looks like in the package:

Basically, it’s a Teflon-coated plate that will slide on to most irons. There is a spring attached that slips right over the sole of your iron to hold it in place. The plate helps a lot because it doesn’t scorch the fabric, it doesn’t stick to the fabric, and it keeps your iron nice and clean (especially if you accidentally get the fusible side of the interfacing up against the iron, which will make it all sticky! Yuck!).

I’m going to tell you a little secret, before I tried this out, I probably ironed about 50% of the time with my iron against the wrong side of the fabric, and no presser cloth. I just like to see what I’m ironing. Of course, there are times when I absolutely had to use a presser cloth, such as when ironing on certain types of interfacing to fabric; for instance, there’s really no way to fuse fleece or Peltex to fabric with it up against your iron, as it just won’t glide across the interfacing.

Even if you don’t use interfacing for projects, Iron Safe is really great because it eliminates the presser cloth completely. I really would rather not use a presser cloth when I am pressing seams open (such as for a quilt), because I like to make sure the fabric is taut enough so that I’m not accidentally pressing creases into the front of the quilt (or other project). I just have to see it.

Also, some apparel fabrics should not be touching an iron when you are ironing them, pressing darts, etc.

I was really happy to find Iron Safe, and I’ve already thrown out my presser cloth (which, after about 5 years of use, looks like I took it outside and swirled it around in the mud; I was going to say something else about it, but that would be quite inappropriate). At about $10, it’s totally worth it. You can find Iron Safe here if you’re interested!

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6 thoughts on “Teflon Iron Plate

  1. Simply EC says:

    I almost NEVER use a presser cloth. #rebelseamstress I may just have to put one of these on my Christmas list!

  2. Lynne says:

    A great investment indeed! I bought two Teflon sheets but, like you, I prefer to see what I’m doing!

  3. Katy Cameron says:

    Fab idea. I use a damp (clean) hanky as my pressing cloth, perhaps I need to branch out lol

  4. Becky says:

    oh very clever. I also like to see what I’m ironing. And I’m totally guilty of ironing the wrong side of interfacing! I should get this on my xmas list.

  5. Lori says:

    Thanks for the review! I am definitely going to give this a try!

  6. KristyLou says:

    Wow, what a great idea!

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