Ironing

[Oma]

This morning I was ironing and got to thinking ,
Do you still iron like you were taught when you were younger ? ,

I do I still Iron like my mother taught me ,
For instance I still Iron shirts in the order she taught me .
Collar and cuffs on the reverse , then the Yolk , back of the buttons and eyelets , then sleeve's, then back then front panels .

Pillowcases are ironed inside out and a light spray of water to get any creases out even though I use a big steam tank iron , then they are folded into a square to store and ironed flat ,

Trousers I still have a Ironing cloth to prevent shine ,

All old methods but I have used them all these years ,
That's how I taught my DD , im not sure she would use these methods now though

T-shirts I always iron sleeves and neckline before the body ,
I know for a fact DD doesn't do that its all done in one motion when she iron's them

What methods if any do you still follow .

[Lizzie48]

Oma, I do the same as you with shirts, blouses etc. I ironed at a friends house for 20 years, she always said no one can iron like I do! They moved 2 years ago, she said she does iron but the shirts look nothing like they did when I used to do them. I went to help out years ago while they found someone else to help, she was a neighbour of the lady I went to for treatment in Delft, 20 years later I was still there. She told me she always fancied a press style machine, I helped at the charity shop at the time and one came in, I got if I used that for the bedding etc and it is still being used.

As for myself, I do iron when necessary, if I am sewing my ironing board is open all the time to do the seams etc.

[Plantaholic]

I iron very little, I have just pressed two pairs of trousers, (no ironing cloth) a couple of woollen jumpers and a pillow case (not inside out) only because it was very creased. I can’t manage bedding now, I need a Lizzie.

[Gemini]

OH does our ironing.
Because my ironing isn't up to her standards

[Oma]

Lizzie I tried a press it was ok for sheets but I found it took twice as long to iron clothes having to arrange them in a certain way etc , I got rid of it .
Tried one of the steam irons where you hang the clothes to iron ,Did not like that either .

I try to always iron as soon as the clothes dry , that way I never have a pile .
It’s one of the jobs I hate so quickest done is better for me 😁

[Lizzie48]

Oma, yes the press is only good for bedding and table cloths etc, I have never minded ironing really.

[Nanto2girls]

I don't mind ironing, but i can't say i was taught how to iron.
I developed my own way/system of ironing 53 years ago when i got married.
Hubby always says don't bother ironing my things, but i ignore him.
The washing i have done today will be ironed tomorrow.
Some of the family think i'm loopy because i iron towels/t towels.
Lovely getting clean towels out that have been ironed. My opinion anyway.

[Gemini]

OH agrees with you Nan2. I have never ironed towels apart from work ones when I practiced reflexology.

[Oma]

I never iron Towels but I dry mine in the tumble always so don’t need it ,
I do iron tea towels though if they have dried on the line , if dried in the tumble I don’t .

[Daisy]

The only ironing lesson I had was when I was about 5 or 6. I was desperate to 'have a go' and mum taught me how to iron hankies the way she'd been taught at school. Iron one side. Fold in half. Iron side facing up. Fold again in the same direction. Iron what's facing up. Turn over. Iron other side and fold. Both sides fully ironed! I do tea towels in a similar way. I only iron bedding for guests. Shirts - collars and cuffs, yoke, one front, back, other front. Stick it on a hanger.

I nearly always have a pile of ironing waiting to be done. I don't dislike it, but I can always find better things to do!

[WeeGranny]

Collar, cuffs, yoke, front, back ,other front, sleeves for shirt/blouses. I fold sheets onto ironing board and iron on top of them. Since it's only me now, the ironing is much reduced, but it still is one of my least favourite jobs! I never iron towels! MiL used to iron underwear and socks. When my DM died, my DD just used to iron the collar, cuffs and the front of his shirts. he reckoned the heat of his body would get rid of the creases and nobody would see it under his suit jacket anyway!

I've got one of those tank irons which seems to do a good job.

[Oma]

Daisy that’s the way I iron pillow cases but inside out

[Daisy]

Years ago I was doing a food photoshoot for a hotel, and the table setting was spoilt by tiny creases in the tablecloth. I wasn't happy because if they showed up in the pics it would look awful. So they put the table cloths through an ironing press - and I could still see creases. I was doubly disappointed - for the shoot, and because I thought one of those ironing presses would be a wonderful quick way to iron!

[Grauntie Mag]

I iron shirts the same way as Oma and WG. My parents had a press, Mother bought it at an ideal home show. (She went every year and always came home having ordered a gadget). My Dad perfected the art of ironing shirts on it!
DD1 does not iron, DD2 irons the essentials. Now SiL mainly works from home she only has the occasional shirt. Thank goodness for modern fabrics!

[Sum1Ls]

Just the same. It’s the only housework I enjoy! My family laugh at me because I iron socks.