Comments on: Collections: Irons

By: Diane Zodikoff

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:34:45 +0000

I have a travel sizes steam iron made by GE. My Mom used it in the 1960′s, before blue jeans took over. In th ’50, Mom had her little girls dressed perfectly on vacation, and elsewhere. It has it’s original directions, a cotton cloth bag, with zipper to close plus a long electric cord. If you collect irons, this may not be old enough for you. On the other hand, it might help with your quilting, being small as it is.
If you aren’t interested, maybe you know someone who would be…..
No charge. Just a good home for the little iron.
Home phone: 513 932 3688.

By: Jim Butery

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:02:48 +0000

While cleaning out my Grandparents’ household, I came across an unusual electric iron new in the box. It’s a Eureka cordless electric iron made by the Eureka Williams Corp. of Bloomington Illinois. It has the directions in the box and is in excellent shape. Is it a collectible item or not? Thank you for your time. Jim Butery

By: Kate

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:03:11 +0000

Ive got an old dry iron from the 30′s thats great for quilting. But for the normal stuff I love the steam! One of the ways I dont envy my grandma, vacumming too! Modern day has a few things going for it!

By: Judy Knox

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:04:45 +0000

There is no steam iron in my quilting room, vintage dry irons are all that are allowed. I have two; one is a Sunbeam Ironmaster (probably from the 1950s) and the other is a McGraw Electric Co. “Fostoria” model that has two front ends and must be rested on its side or else set on a trivet. The heavy old Sunbeam is a great companion when using Mary Ellen’s Best Press or Magic Sizing to “erase” the wrinkles out of yardage off the bolt (especially that dratted center fold). The double-pointed Fostoria model is smallish and is terrific for the pressing that must be done with paper foundation work because it has two front ends that both mean business; it is a very hot iron that “fries spit” very quickly once you turn it on.

I’m sure there are more of us vintage iron lovers ready to post ….

By: Kit Lang

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:55:14 +0000

Who knew an article about irons could be funny? Trust you, Megan.

Also informative though – I didn’t know about combustible irons (uhmmm…. does that seem like a REALLY bad idea to anyone else?); and though I did know about the irons in the fire thing, I also didn’t know about the ones that you put coal *inside* either.

I have an old electric iron (40′s or 50′s maybe?) that weighs (roughly) a thousand pounds that I love for fusing because, like Ann, they don’t have a steam vent. (Er… Ann probably *does* have a steam vent – I meant, like Ann, I like the steamless ones for fusing. ) Also, clearly, I am very fond of parenthetical references. (Some days more than others.)

Okay – that’s enough from me!

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