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

[Fleur]

Sorry about your SIL

I'm like Gigi, I hate putting the board up & down. SO I probably SHOULD do it basket at a time, but I only iron what absolutely has to be done, when it needs doing. Sometimes if I have a couple iof things I know will be needed in the next couple of days - eg this mornign I will be doing 2 of my own work shirts (one for today & one for tomorrow) and DD's work uniform, she usually does her own but since I'm going to be there...
I should have done the lot last night but...meh.

He's anal about everything being ironed, even...and I'm not kidding - his >lycra< boxers!

How on earth do you iron lycra?

[BeautifulMadness]

i do a bulk of ironing.....mostly on weekends....as Dh needs his work shirts done.....so it will be a basket full...

[RhiChiChi]

I try to iron weekly but depends on what my week has been like. I just add to the ironing basket after I wash, so it is usually a fullbasket. Sometimes I have to iron as I go if I need to wear something. I only iron things like dresses, shirts, some shorts, jeans & some pants - that is it. I don't iron
t-shirts, underwear (what for?!), socks, linen etc...

[Sopdet]

I keep on top of my ironing. I need to buy a new iron (and cover for my ironing board).

During the flood coverage, I sat in front of the TV and did all the ironing on day, about 3 hours worth of ironing all up but I do have linen shirts that I needed to re-dampen before I could iron them.

I do iron sheets & pillowcases as well, both when they're taken off the line and then a quick press when they're on the bed.

[Daytona's Mummy]

Last time Dh asked me to do ironing "like all good wives do" I starched every last pair of socks & jocks he owns!
I basically hang all hanging clothes (shirts ect) direct on hangers from the washing machine & hang the hangers on the line, then straight into the robe when dry. then for going out good, if it's a bit wrinkled, I hang it in the bathroom while everyone has their showers & the steam gets the wrinkles out. There has only been a couple of times Ds has needed a school shirt and it's been damp (he says wet, I say cold from the morning air) so I have ironed that to shut him up.
One of My jobs growing up was to do ALL the house hold ironing (6 kids 3 adults) And mum was the type that even liked sheets ironed!!! Luckily one of my other jobs was to re-make the beds after sheets had been washed so I'd put the sheets on the beds & iron them on there.

[*Beema*]

I iron, but I only have one basket full, I only iron certain things, DH's work and "going out" clothes, slacks, polos, shirts, then dresses, tops, pants etc for the girls, things that are made of cotton that are creased, with the exception of t-shirts, which the creases can be smoothed out when folded.

And I iron a lot when i am sewing, I have found that I can do a lot of avoiving pinning if I iron and my sewing comes out a lot better

[Inanna]

I iron a couple of times a week. I use a lot of natural fabrics so I can't seem to get away with not ironing them!

[*TripleJ*]

iron ??? ive never heard this word

[sloane]

i'm sorry about your SIL

i don't iron. well, i iron if i absolutely have to - tops or shirts for special occasions. DP doesn't wear shirts for work, so that's lucky & now that i'm a SAHM i don't have shirts to iron anymore either. i used to be good & iron for the week (probably cos that's what my mum always did as i was growing up - and still does i think) but got slack as the years went on. i really do not enjoy ironing & i'm terrible at it!

[~Hestia~]

I haven't since I started maternity leave in 2009

T shirts and stuff like that seem to do fine with some strategic pegging. Anything that might need to be ironed goes on a coat hanger which I hang off the line, wind does the trick!

My DH works in a refinery and they wear overalls that are laundered on site.

[toomanyshoes]

I iron as I wear and if it needs it.

I wash in a fornt loader on an "easy care" cycle, set a timer so I know when it's finished get them out straight away, hang them on their hangers to dry and put them away when they are done. I've found this eliminates a lot of ironing.

My mum washes everything on the weekend then irons the whole lot on Sunday. Works for her but it would kill my back.

[JaCaMaDy]

Fleur: the are the lycra/cotton boxers (not shiny lycra) - easy as to iron, but why would ya bother?? At least I get a giggle every time I do them He's a strange fish my DP


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