Oh, man! I shoulda thought of that!!
Well, before that when I was about seven, my grandma had me ironing and as I was reaching for the next item to be ironed I accidentally burnt my elbow with the iron resting on the ironing board. I didn't have to iron for awhile. I still have the scar.
As for the other project .... I honestly wasn't paying attention and was trying to figure out how my mother was able to watch two soap operas on two different tvs at once and iron! I think she had on the Edge of Night and the Secret Storm. Anyways ... it worked out in my favor.
I just wasn't meant to iron.