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While I rarely use my iron with my laundry, it gets a LOT of use in my sewing room! And with all that use, it gets messy pretty easily and then that gunk can get transferred to my fabric that I’m ironing. Ick! Becky from Patchwork Posse shows an easy trick for cleaning your iron using a Magic Eraser
. You can use her method to get your iron nice and clean again!
Click below for her tutorial:
How to Clean Your Iron with Magic Eraser, by Patchwork Posse
[photo from Patchwork Posse]
Freebie: Printable Christmas Eve magic pillowcase poem
With all the excitement and expectation of Santa’s visit, it can be hard for kids to go to sleep on Christmas Eve. Melissa from Polka Dot Chair created special pillowcases for her nephews, to be used only on Christmas Eve. When she gave them to them, she included a little poem explaining that they’re magic pillowcases to help them have sweet dreams. She’s sharing a free printable of the poem on her blog, plus she links to a tutorial she’s written for making a pillowcase, so you can start the tradition with your own kids.
Click below for her tutorial & printable:
Free Printable Christmas Pillowcase Poem , by Polka Dot Chair
[photo from Polka Dot Chair]
Looking for Holiday or Christmas themed Fabric prints? Check these out. Don’t have time to make your own pillow case? Check out these Christmas Pillow Case
designs.
Just a heads up…Magic Erasers are VERY toxic. They are meant to clean marks on walls, and small areas. The reason they do not advertise cleaning large areas is because of the toxicity of them.
Cleaning the iron is great, but if the remnants of liquid get in the holes, then you use steam, just make sure the steam is not being breathed in.