Ironing Day Blues!!

stressedoutmumof1 · 22 January 2006 at 1:00PM

How does everyone stay on top of their ironing?

It is the one major thing that lets me down. I'm very good at staying on top of the washing and drying, then fold it and shove it in the airing cupboard - then you have to search for something - it all falls out arggh! So you shove it back in and then it's not folded

I tend to iron as I go, ie every morning I'm ironing DD's school uniform and my work outfit - poor DH doesn't get anything ironed!!!

With such a backlog is it possible to catch up - and is it worth catching up - I mean I do 2 loads of washing a day - I don't particularly want to be ironing 2 loads a day IYKWIM!!

I'd be really interested to know what other people do.

ps I work school hours, so I'm not at home in the day!

elona · 22 January 2006 at 1:05PM

I am at home during the day but still find the dreaded ironing creeping up on me.

I end up having a huge blitz while watching the tv - then it is as bad within a couple of hours as I have four daughters!

If you find a solution then I would love to find it too!

cha97michelle · 22 January 2006 at 1:14PM

i leave it as long as possible, then spend a couple of hours in front of the telly. I try to put as much as i can from clothes airers straight onto hangers and they then don't need ironing. I think really you could do with doing it as you go along, but it takes time to get the board out, and iron hot, so i figure it saves time to do a big pile in one go

Philippa36 · 22 January 2006 at 1:14PM

I tend to do all the ironing on a Sunday afternoon in front of the tv ~ if theres nothing worth watching then I put on one of a collection of dvd's, all of which I know off by heart so it doesn't matter that I am not staring at the screen!
I also iron the important things and figure that the stuff that doesn't get done can always be done by its owner if its that important! So I do all shirts and school uniforms and all my work clothes, then the rest if I am not totally fed up already, otherwise it gets folded and placed in drawers unironed and lets face it, how many clothes, ironed or otherwise look like they have been ironed once they have been left in teenagers drawers/wardrobes for more than a day or so :rolleyes:

Kitikat · 22 January 2006 at 1:14PM

I found it last week and it's fab. I've found an elderly lady who lives near me who likes to iron and earn a bit of extra money at the same time. It works out much cheaper than sending it to a professional ironing company and what would have taken me 3 hours plus to do, my ironing lady did in an hour and a half. Definitely money well spent. Not only is the ironing done but the whole house looks tidier because we don't have ironing hanging around waiting to be done.

nearlyrich · 22 January 2006 at 1:16PM

Well ladies ( and gents ) here is my answer to the dreaded ironing pile, when buying clothes look for easy care fabrics, wash as normal, dry in the dryer, take out fold and put in the drawer for use whilst still warm. If you dry outside or on a clothes airer inside the clothes need more attention as they tend to get stiff...if you arrange them carefully so they don't get creased whilst drying and fold as they come off the line/airer they need less or no ironing. Childrens school clothes, cotton shirts/ blouses excepted don't really need ironing, if you are working fulltime something has to give.

Katgoddess · 22 January 2006 at 1:28PM

The only clothes of mine that get ironed are my work blouses in summer when I don't wear a body warmer over them, and a pair of posh black trousers. All my clothes tend to be jeans, jumpers and t shirts that don't need ironing if they are hung up on coat hangers when drying. I don't use a tumble dryer.

When I was at school I had to wear a kilt and the pleats had to ironed every day otherwise it would look awful. Put me off for life.

My sister swears by her steam generated iron.

Fur_coat_&_no_knickers · 22 January 2006 at 1:30PM

As a single mother of 4 boys ,i can honestly say i only iron about 10 items a week at the very most and thats mainly school uniform. My mum always said never to overfill the washing machine and get the clothes out as soon as the washers stopped.

I wear mainly long crinkle skirts (gypsy skirts) that dont need ironing and little vests that dont either, yay! and the boys have easy iron shirts which just need a light press

Its not that im too lazy to do it but if it doesnt need doing dont waste your time doing it.Sort through the pile and see

When i do have to iron , i dont mind it at all as nowadays i know it doesnt take me long

freyaluck · 22 January 2006 at 1:41PM

I have to admit I very rarely iron, all the familys clothes are are folded as soon as they come off the line or out of the tumblie. Saves lots of time

. the only things I iron are clothes we were when going on a night out ect, occaisionly dps shirts, although he doesn't wear them very often thankfully, I used to iron for my sil for a bit of extra money as I don't mind ironing at all.
Infact I might just go and pop an add in the local shop and see if I can earn some exra pennies.

How much would you be willing to pay for ironing an average washload worth of clothes?

hugs Frey

Ronankfan · 22 January 2006 at 1:47PM

I have to admit i hardly ever catch up with the ironing - its a constant battle in my house - as soon as i have finish a pile then i do more washing (normally 2 a day) and low and behold there is more ironing!!!!!!

Wish i knew of someone who would do my ironing but not sure i would be willing to pay lots of money for it tho.

thriftlady_2 · 22 January 2006 at 1:50PM

I haven't any ideas on how to iron less,but I've found a way to make the it seem less of a chore.I listen to audio books whilst ironing(and cooking),you can borrow these from the library.I've just finished listening to Brideshead Revisited read by Jeremy Irons,it was bliss.My next one is Wind in the Willows!

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