Do you iron your clothes as you use them or do bulk ironing of washing baskets?
My DH and brother have ganged up on me. They believe that I am the only woman attempting to iron baskets of clothes. I have gotten into an unfortunate situation where I am behind with 7 baskets to do. It looks dismal. We've had a hard time the last few weeks as my SIL is in intensive care and she is terminally ill We had just gotten back from holidays when she took a turn for the worst. Now I'm behind in nearly everything, not that it matters. But I am curious as to how people manage it? I know people that have told me that they don't iron at all. How do their clothes not look wrinkled? Unless they use the dryer full time? Thanks ladies!
I might add that I do worry about saftey with an iron on every day, though saying that my DH irons his work shirt everyday. Would love your input
DH does his own work shirts, as he wears them. When I was working - I would iron as I was getting ready for work.
But generally, I try to buy clothing that won't wrinkle too much. Lots of denim (I couldn't wear blue jeans to work, but I could get away with coloured denim), lots of knit fabrics for tops, or fabrics that are meant to have a crinkled appearance.
I do find though, that using the dryer doesn't result in wrinkle-free clothing. Sometimes makes it worse. Getting things off the line and hanging or folding straight away does help. Leaving things in baskets results in LOTS of wrinkles. For fabrics that DO need ironing - I find that putting them on a clothes hanger to dry usually results in an acceptable finish - after you've been wearing it for an hour or two, nobody would really know the difference!
I iron as I wear. I usually only iron for work though and not everything will need to be ironed because like bw I try to buy clothes that don't need ironing. I never iron casual clothes like T-shirts etc and don't think I've ever ironed anything of ds's. My DH irons his own work shirts, usually 2 or 3 at a time in the evening before he needs them. 7 baskets is a scary prospect, I don't think I'd have that much in my house that would ever require ironing. Perhaps you could put away all the casual stuff and just iron what you might need in the next week or so?
I only iron for formal events. If i'm wearing a cotton dress I will hang it in the bathroom while I shower and it drops the creases out. most of my clothes are iron free or iron themselves
I used to just iron as I went. When DP and I got together, he did all his own ironing, and then started doing all mine too this has been for the last 6 years! Now that I'm a SAHM, I feel obliged to do it as he wears a shirt & trousers each day, though he did offer to continue. He's anal about everything being ironed, even...and I'm not kidding - his >lycra< boxers! WTH?? So, I do it every week, gosh I detest it though...that horrible basket full staring at me...I often think if everyone just decided to NOT iron anything, we'd all be wrinkly together, and nobody would look out of place...
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.
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
I do not iron unless we have a wedding/funeral or major event. It's all in the way you hang and fold clothes. Mind you my DH doesn't wear business shirts and my clothes don't really need it. If I have something that really needs it then I will do as I need it. I have no idea how I would fit ironing into my shedule.
haven't ironed in about 6 years. Well once did that time....
I Ironed DH's wedding shirt.... And my silly old iron marked it.
I have some sort of trauma with washing too... My mum used to pay me $5 to do a basket for her. About four a week from the time I was about ten..... And It was because the Ironing lady she used to pay went up to $20 a basket... Lol
So she enslaved me until i moved out of home.... I was the iron wench
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.
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
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!
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.
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.
Do you iron your clothes as you use them or do bulk ironing of washing baskets?
We had just gotten back from holidays when she took a turn for the worst. Now I'm behind in nearly everything, not that it matters. But I am curious as to how people manage it? I know people that have told me that they don't iron at all. How do their clothes not look wrinkled? Unless they use the dryer full time? Thanks ladies!
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this has been for the last 6 years! Now that I'm a SAHM, I feel obliged to do it as he wears a shirt & trousers each day, though he did offer to continue. He's anal about everything being ironed, even...and I'm not kidding - his >lycra< boxers! WTH?? So, I do it every week, gosh I detest it though...that horrible basket full staring at me...I often think if everyone just decided to NOT iron anything, we'd all be wrinkly together, and nobody would look out of place... 
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