For those who have followed this blog a while, you might remember that I have been on a quest for a “Cord Minder.” (Read all about it here, here and here!) To press my T Shirt Quilts properly, I need a lot of room. My cord is always getting in my way, bending the fabric and being a general nuisance. After the failure of the other cord minders, my mechanical engineer husband said he would design something for me.
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The key to good design is simplicity. So the spring my husband used is a long piece of elastic. One end is attached to a very strong magnet which I place on my cabinet.
The other end is clamped onto the cord.
The beauty of this simple design is that I can adjust it! I can move the magnet and the clamp to adjust to my different needs!
Am I the only one who needs this? Do traditional quilters have problems with cords? Perhaps it’s just my layout. Now I need a bigger boards….
Oh buy, I am always having cord trouble. I remember your other article. I am left handed so everything is backward anyway, then the cord always messes up what I just ironed. So frustrating. And now I have to sit to iron which makes it worse.
Excellent. I seem to have the same problem Susan does!
I love this!!! Yes…drives me CRAZY. I even have an outlet that is higher in my laundry room,but most of my pieced ironing is done on my cutting island in my studio. I have a surge protector up high…but I am always trying to hook it over a drawer pull or the curtain rod on the side I have (I hang my tops there and my hangers when I am doing clothing). I don’t think I could do that with my cord.
Do you just love it?
This is ingenious!
I agree…genius!! I am always in a little fight with the iron cord. It likes to get stuck in the spot between the board and the iron holder… This would be so helpful!
This is so creative! I always have to fight the cats when I am trying to iron, they think it is a fun toy. With your idea it will be off the ground and perhaps won’t attract them. Thanks for the idea.