Stupid question - but how do you iron bedding?

[Carolbaskinstiger]

Yes I know - am almost 49 and have never in my life ironed a sheet, duvet cover etc. In general I don’t iron at all.
However at the moment washing line is broken and have been stuffing the bedding into the drier and it’s coming out particularly wrinkled.
So - is there a magic way of ironing bedding easily?

I (well I say that but DH does the ironing) always iron my bed linen. But there are only two of us so only one set a week.
I don’t bother with the fitted sheet but I do the rest of it. I don’t understand what you don’t get about it. It’s big flat pieces of material. It’s easy to iron.

Lenor crease releaser, you can buy it in B&M! Aint nobody got time for ironing bed sheets! 😆

Another bedding ironer here 🙋🏼‍♀️

I drape the (king size) duvet cover over the ironing board and iron from top edge down to the buttons at the bottom. Then I turn it round and iron from bottom to top to get the edge that didn't fit on the ironing board. Hope that makes sense? I only iron the top layer of it though that you can see when it's on the bed, not the underside. I iron my sheets in the same way.

Before I had a tumble dryer and I dried towels on the line or airer I used to iron them as well as they always looked crinkled. Now I have a tumble dryer though I don't bother.

I don't, it stretches over the bed anyway.

I tumble dry in two lots as it balls up and the dryer thinks it's dry and stops while the inside of the ball is still very damp.

I think you might have too much in your dryer. That tends to crease stuff more. Also-dryer balls help. Maybe a cool tumble after they dry.

I don't iron anything unless I have to. With duvet covers, as I only buy cotton now, it's pot luck as to whether they get creased after washing. Some do some don't. Perhaps depends on the quality of the cotton? Before duvets, my mum used to iron just the tops of crisp white cotton sheets so they looked nice folded over the blanket ☺️

The trick is to change the bed quite late at night, so you have to sleep on the un-ironed sheet, by the time morning comes it wouldn’t be worth ironing as you’d already slept on the sheet.
Works every time!

I always iron my bed linen. Yes it's time consuming, but I get round that by not washing it very often!

My mother always did it, so I had to when I was growing up.

Fold in half and iron one side.
Fold in half again so the ironed side is innermost and iron one side.
Repeat until completely folded to a manageable size, then iron both sides.

She used to iron underwear, too...

We stopped ironing completely once the kids started to wear shirts at school (primary). Don't even think we have an iron any more.

Iron it once it's on the bed

I iron bedding because it feels nicer and folds away better. I fold it first and then iron ie not a perfect job. I don't have a drier so to some extent it has hung out on the line or airer first. Poly cotton bedding doesn't iron as well if that is what you have.

You don't!

I'm always fascinated when people say that they never iron.How do you all manage that? What about shirts , blouses , cotton dresses and linen clothing.I always iron even though I absolutely hate it.I am just thinking about the pile of ironing I have waiting for me. I always iron pillow cases and some of my duvet covers that are 100 per cent cotton .

schnub We don't really own stuff like that. The kids uniform shirts are crease resistant and dried on the washing line, even a dry winter's day blows the creases out. Then they're hung up on hangars. They wear jumpers over them anyway.

how could it need it unless you've bought some wanky all linen stuff? Fitted sheets will flatten by definition unless the elastic has gone.

my 20 year old John Lewis stuff has never seen an iron, colours are still bright and goes lovely and flat on the bed. Very noticeable that newer purchases have faded rapidly.

do love a freshly changed bed but ironing? Nah.

I don't iron my own bedding but I have to for a an AirBnB I clean I do the laundry. The Air BnB bedding gets ironed on the kitchen table. I cover the table with a heavy cloth and bingo! A single bed sized ironing board.

@schnubbins I'm always fascinated when people say that they never iron.How do you all manage that?

How do we manage not to do something? How do avoid doing anything? By simply not doing it.

The only time I iron anything - there are 5 in my family (2 adults, 3 kids) - is when I'm paid to for my job. Everything else can literally go hang. I have a walk in drying room and everything gets dried hung folded flat. Life's too short.

I think how easy it is depends on the size of your ironing board and bedding. Single and double are skoosh, we have a superking and it's tricky!

I cheat....I take the stuff out the drier when it's about 90% dry, the fitted sheet is a tight fit so pulls any creases out and I steam the duvet cover when it's on the bed (just be very careful!) then I only need to iron the pillow cases and they're a doddle

I do iron my bedding. I can tell the difference and it stores better.
I fold and iron. I have a steam generator iron so it goes through several layers so it doesn’t take much effort, the folding is the biggest pain which I would have to do anyway.
I don’t do it in the summer when I was and line dry and put straight back on the bed though.

Fold it 4 times and iron outsides.

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By sleeping or just lying down on it. The cats are willing helpers to get the job done.

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Fold it 4 times and iron outsides.

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Fold it 4 times and iron outsides.

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