thread: Do you iron your clothes as you use them or do bulk ironing of washing baskets?

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  1. #1
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    Nov 2010
    QLD
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    hmmm an iron... I'm sure I have one of them around here somewhere....surely..

    I just hang up shirts and dresses (DS's included) as they come out of the washing machine, so they dry straight. maybe if you are so behind you could just hang up this lot and deal with it on as needed basis. Not every day calls for a ironed shirt.

    So sorry to hear about your SIL, I hope her passage through this world is peaceful one

  2. #2
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    Jul 2006
    Cloud nine :D
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    Hmmm, I think its been a few years since i Ironed...

    Sorry to hear about your SIL

  3. #3
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    Sep 2005
    In the middle of nowhere
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    FIrstly I'm sorry to hear about your SIL.

    back to the question though

    ooooh 7 baskets...that is disheartening.....

    I am a bulk ironer. We've been a 2 policeman family until just recently, and I do not like ironing at weird hours. Sometimes I do get behind and we iron as we go until i catch up. I get cross with DH though because if I need something ironed I do a couple of other things to lessen the pile a bit, but DH never ever thinks to do that.
    I'd much rather have clothes in wardrobe looking lovely and ready to wear than a basket full of ironing staring at me.

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    Jan 2011
    Perth, WA
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    So sorry to hear about your SIL
    I iron as I go.
    I hate ironing and only do it if necessary.

  5. #5
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    Oct 2006
    Perth
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    I iron 5 shirts for DH on a Sunday night for the working week. The rest of it is iron as we need it. I avoid wrinkles by hanging the washing up in the wardrobes as soon as it comes off the line.

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    Jun 2004
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    i hang anything that you MIGHT iron, straight on hangers, when it's straight out of the washing machine. i let GRAVITY do the ironing for me.

    have only ironed when sewing, since having bilby (four years ago).

    but when i ironed heaps, i couldn't stand getting the ironing board out for ONE item. i thought, if i drag out the ironing board, might as well make it worth my while - do a bulk lot at one time (whilst watching telly)

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    Nov 2008
    Perth
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    I only iron clothes if they need it when we choose to wear it. I hang our clothes on the line so they dry as straight as possible and then put them away, as is, once dry. DH and I iron them, if need, when we are getting ready in the morning. I NEVER do bulk ironing. Each to their own but IMO it's such a waste of time and so stressful! My mum has always been the type to do baskets of ironing and she still does. Maybe that's why I detest it so much - it's always been a big stress for mum. I've just got too much other fun stuff to do than ironing clothes! LOL!

    PS we have our ironing board setup full time in our laundry so it's easy for us to iron
    Last edited by Taurean; January 26th, 2011 at 11:22 PM.