This can be a problem if you buy seeds from a small individual who makes his own seeds and messes up. I like to get seeds that originated from a big seed wholesaler. If he messes up the news will get out and I will have a better chance to find out about it. I also like to save seeds because all too often the seeds are not available the next year. Seeds keep being dropped. ***** When dealing with OP seed there's not a company that hasn't had problems from time to time, but it really does depend on which companies you chose to deal with. And that's b'c some companies produce almost all their own seed, some subcontract out and some buy wholesale from the company that bred certain varieties. And some companies do a combination of those. Dan, I don't think you were here at GW when I used to do a wrong variety thread each year, which I did for several years, although I know you've posted here for a couple of years. There were those companies that rose to the top re seed purity, seed quality and service. At that time, and I expect that to be true today, the top companies included a couple of large ones as well as several small family owned companies. It's not whether a company is **small or large**, per your comment about not wanting to deal with a small company,rather, it's the specific company in question and their sources of seed as I mentioned above. The greatest amount of Xed seed at that time was seed that was traded between individuals and if I were to do those Wrong Varieties threads today I'm sure, from my readiong at several message sites, that that situation would still obtain. When I did those threads I was the one who contacted the owners of those companies that had wrong seeds b/c I knew many of those owners and still do. Some companies were glad to hear that they had a problem, but there were a couple of companies that wanted the persons who had problems to contact them directly so they could affirm that indeed the person had purchased the seeds from them. The ultimate responsibuility for reporting wrong purchased seeds rests with the person who bought them but I've also found that many folks just don't want to report errors. YOu aren't going to hear about seed problems any more frequently with a large company as opposed to dealing with a smaller family owned company. It's the seed purchasers you may or may not hear from on a public message board such as this one. There are those companies that have discovered a problem from feedback and then waitied until they got good seed and then replaced, at no cost, the bad seed with the good seed. It's a complicated issue, that's for sure, but I cannot agree with your contention that it's better to order seed from a large company versus a small one. Carolyn

I got one early last summer -- also a deal I'd never see again. It's a bit of a mixed bag IMO. It's impossible for DH's shirts because it's way too hot to get your fingers into position to do details on a shirt. No idea where they came up with the instructions for that -- some home economist with not enough to do -- but I find it easier/faster to iron shirts by hand. It's OK for pants legs but the roller isn't designed to smooth out things like pockets and waistbands, which get crumply. If they're too thick -- chinos -- the top lifts and doesn't accept them. I could do without the swing out bar -- would rather have both sides of the roller open. Anything with elastic is problemmatic because if it's hot enough to get the fabric smooth it's too hot for the elastic. I hook the fitted sheets over it and roll up to the edge. Otherwise, the elastic will be dead after 2 rolls. I have mostly percale but it has a funny quirk with fine sateen sheets -- one set wraps around the roller. It works best for flat stuff -- bed and table linens, things like pajamas, nightgowns etc. It's easy to set up and folds away. Built like a tank. No one at the company knows anything about it. Couldn't even tell me how to get it out of the crate. I also suspect it's an energy hog -- not sure -- but our electric bill was crazy high last summer vs the previous year. OTOH, I left it out and on. Basically, it's designed to be set up, used and turned off. That said, it reduces ironing time by 3/4 and there is no other way I know to get the amazing results it gives on sheets and table linens apart from a very expensive hand laundry.

I am no help, but wanted to say hi! Happy 2013!

I've never seen a laundry room that had curtains to the floor. That said, most simple cotton decorator fabric is 45" wide. If that is what you use, you will need one width for each panel. Measure from the top of your rod to the bottom of the sill (if that's where it will stop)and add about 8" to that measurement. This will give you extra for a hem and a rod pocket if that's what your're using. Then multiply times 2 and you have your total yardage. If you want each panel to match exactly across, then add about another 8 inches for a large print.