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Does anyone iron anymore?

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foreverlikely · 19/09/2024 16:08

I don't iron everything but I do iron DC uniform, anything baggy that has a crease, like shirts or baggy trousers etc...I have stopped ironing bedsheets as what's the point? Is this bad? I have heard people on morning shows discuss this in recent months, some saying they haven't ironed anything in years. What do you all do?

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ForPearlViper · 20/09/2024 16:29

Despite wearing mostly natural fabrics, I barely iron these days. I am fortunate in having a good drying space and find if I hang stuff up to dry carefully it doesn't need it - and the heat of your body evens out the small creases if necessary.

Anything that requires ironing goes in the basket of doom and will get done when I next get the iron out for sewing. As I don't sew often this is how I find myself ironing that linen summer shirt in January.

YYURYYUCICYYUR4ME · 20/09/2024 16:37

Yes, if it needs it. I am also a 'smoother' when hanging clothing to dry, hanging shirts / dresses on hangers, so avoids heavy duty ironing, or the need for bedding to be ironed with a little effort upfront.

TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams · 21/09/2024 06:57

boulevardofbrokendreamss · 19/09/2024 16:55

Hama beads. The only reason I have an iron.

This made me laugh. Those things are the bane of my life!

I iron bedsheets, shirts for school and most of my clothes in the summer time, handkerchiefs, napkins.
I love getting into a bed with ironed sheets. It always looks a bit rubbish I think when a nice home goes up for sale and the bed looks a bit of a mess in the pics. Easy to get round it with a nice bedspread and acres of cushions but I can't be bothered with all that.

HettyCletter · 21/09/2024 15:39

I iron at least once a week. Mostly kids uniforms, DH’s shirts and a few smarter tops of mine. Oh, and tea towels - I know that’s a bit weird but they fit in the drawer better if they’ve been ironed before folding!

I never iron bed linen.

LadyLapsang · 22/09/2024 20:44

I iron my clothes, when DC was at home I ironed all his kit including his rugby kit. I don’t iron bedlinen and tea towels although I used to love DMIL’s pressed linen sheets. Her cleaners and carers still press her bedlinen.

Pixiewombat · 22/09/2024 20:46

Not since 2007....

BCBird · 22/09/2024 20:47

Clothes yes although try to get out machine and on hangers. Bedding, nope. Got paint to watch dry😁

foreverlikely · 22/09/2024 22:20

Thanks again everyone! So have decided bedsheets are a definite no no! Will stick to DC school shirts and shorts as they are always taking their jumpers off! I did make sure there was something worth watching on TV though when I was doing it. :))

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