Well, my "wonderful" iron turned into an evil monster this morning when the hose connecting the water to the iron disconnected spewing demineralized water all over my sewing room. Of course, I was ironing the luscious silk satin at the time. Water spewed all over one portion of it before I managed to whisk the bolt of fabric away from the disaster. I just wanted to cry and was very close to it, but I knew that I had to catch that wildly whipping water hose and stop the destruction. My DH heard my cries and came running in to help me. I think his calmness at this calamity helped me considerably and I managed to keep the tears at bay. So we got all the water emptied out of the tank and most of the mess sopped up. The design flaw of this particular iron appears to be because the hose is not one piece but a piece of surgical tubing that connects into the tank and then again into a separate piece of tubing containing a spring. The piece with spring connects in the iron and is a tad bit smaller than the tubing piece that connects into the tank. So, he "operated" on it a bit and dried each part thoroughly and then taped it tightly using electrical tape. It seems to be holding fine now. Also, another design flaw is the fact that the surgical tube and the iron cord are unweildy and catch on the edges of the ironing board. I've tied them together, but they still catch on the ironing board. I'm going to have to figure out how to jury rig the table. I'm sure that this encouraged the surgical tubing to come apart.
My fabric is damaged in one portion and I'm having to face the fact that if I can't cut around it, I'll be heading back to NC for some more fabric and paying for it out of my pocket. I don't want to tell my sister, as she is stressed enough as it is, and it would serve no good purpose.
So, you get what you pay for, I suppose. Live and learn. :-)
the misadventures of Lisa