Ironing Day Blues!!

kittiej

I take moine out of the dryer and fold whilst still warm - voila - no ironing.

My work uniform is non iron so I'm quite lucky.

xmaslolly76

Kittie im with you on that one straight out the dryer folded whilst warm then they dont need ironing. Otherwise its put away and ironed when needed. i have one wardrobe which is full of junk so you cant hang anything up init so everything goes in draws and it always ends up creased again so i dont see the point :-)

notsorichandnotsofamous

I only iron stuff as its needed,a lot of the time if its been folded neatly enough they don't need an iron anyway.
My Mum used to spend hours ironing WHY ?

MrsE_2

alyth wrote: »

5 tops and 4 pillow cases, done every Monday - takes half an hour max - occasionally I get slovenly and leave it until the following Monday.

I love ironing - as I live on my own I don't have much of it. I do remember the day ex left me standing and ironing 30 of his prized Thomas Pink shirts - oh for hindsight when I would have scorched the lot of them!

I never iron duvet covers, by the time I have fought it into the duvet it was be squashed as hell anyway!

I do clothes, pillowcases & t-towels. If I had more time I would do duvet covers as well (the size of mine puts me off, its a superking).

I rarely do nightwear (again because of time) & I never do underwear or socks.

MatyMoo

alyth wrote: »

I am intrigued about the winter dressing gown though :-)

It's a fleecy one and goes in the tumble drier, this makes it come out all fluffy, soft and crease free.

The summer weight one's are cotton so do have to be ironed...... not by me obv.....:D

seven-day-weekend

I don't iron anything and for the first five years I lived in Spain didn't even have an iron, we only got one for when we do home exchange holidays (as the people we exchange with might want to iron something).

Spendless

My mother irons everything, towels. tea-towels, pants, socks, bras even tights believe it or not on a very cool iron. The only thing I've never seen her iron is dish-clothes and I'm not convinced she wouldn't do that either.

I don't iron. My husband told me he found it therapeutic whilst we were dating, so I let him indulge in his therapy.;) Sounds ideal but in reality stuff piles up. I put away what I can that doesn't need ironing and leave the rest to him.

Shelldean

yuck yuck yuck hate ironing with a passion.

On Sunday evening I iron enough uniform for the three boys plus the twins PE ( only do their rugby and Tshirt cos they look crumpled and I only do them if they need them) I occassionally do a couple of other bits I have a couple of blouse that must be ironed or look awful. Other wise things get done as and when needed. Am lucky in the fact i have a clothes rooms where all the kids clothes are kept, so have space for the ironing board to be up all the time . DD irons her own stuff as and when needed too, no uniform for her now she's 6th form.

Everything else is folded as it comes out of dryer/off line then gets taken up to clothes room. IF I place the newsest stuff at the top, the pile is usually so large by the time i get to putting in drawers etc, that the bottom stuff is ironed anyway.

shellsuit

When the kids were little, I used to wash, fold and put away/hang up, then I'd iron as and when needed ~ they were the days when I would choose what they were wearing!

When they got older and I'd hear cries of "I'm not wearing that!", or "I want to wear my red top, purple pants and green shoes!" I started to iron everything, so that all clothes were ready at hand.

Ironing doesn't bother me, but I do save it all up and iron once a week, normally on a Sunday night.

Can't iron all mine and OH's clothes at the moment though because we don't have any wardrobes! (Moved house last month and tipped our old ones)

I just iron a few things and hang them on the picture rail in the bedroom so we have something when we need it.

onlyroz

I too am a bit confused. What exactly *is* this ironing business?

Seriously though, I only ever iron when I've got a job interview...