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Lemonade from lemons or where to get enough steam when needed

When our dear Sharon Hayes, who I wish had time to post here sometimes, sent me directions on how to put in an elastic waist band, told me to steam like mad when I finished sewing the band. My poor little iron isn't doing a good job producing steam any longer. I wondered what I was going to do to get enough stream going. I had just changed the elastic in a skirt I made a while back. Here's the lemonade from the lemons. I pulled out my hand steamer. I bought it recently to clean my shower. Boy did I get steam. The elastic is now tightened up and the stretch is back. I love that little steamer even more now. Juno

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oldcodgers
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YAY! I love to find new and clever uses for tools I already have on hand. Not that I'm opposed to buying lots of additional tools, understand...

B
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BEI Design

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Wow! This is soooo cool! Ta-ta-taaa ta-ta-taa

U.

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Ursula Schrader

Thanks so much for passing along this tip to help get the stretch back into elastic. I certainly will try it and I hope it will help with elastic that is 3 years old. Barbara in SC

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Bobbie Sews More

Hope it works.

Reply to
oldcodgers

I think it's really a technique for restoring the

*dimension* of NEW elastic which stretched out while being sewn into a new garment, rather than OLD elastic which has probably lost its elasticity. :-(
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BEI Design

Well, I remember that a few years ago, I stoutly resisted the thought of using a steam generator. However, since I've tried it first I'm hooked and I really love my Tefal. Only yesterday I found a new use (well, not that new, but it was first for me): Currently, I'm taking pics of things that will have to go via eBay. The garments, even the poly items, were sadly crumpled. I knew that a quick dunk in cold water might have remedied this but of course I didn't want to wait that long. So I hung them up on clothes-hangers and passed the iron with steam over them. Worked miracles on the crinkle chiffon dress and fair enough on the coat. Steam - it's a kind of magic... End of musings. ;-)

U.

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Ursula Schrader

Somewhere in this house, I have a Jiffy steamer. An older one with a metal head on the wand, rather than the later plastic one they use now. I got it originally to block knits and I think the one I have (which I bought second-hand, of course) came out of a dress shop where they use Jiffy steamers to steam the wrinkles out of new merchandise before hanging it for customers. It's a wonderful thing and very easy to use especially since it has wheels!

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Pogonip

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