'Yeah, Mum's always wishing we had a house-elf to do the ironing,' said George. 'But all we've got is a lousy old ghoul in the attic and gnomes all over the garden.'
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
I think that ironing is one of things that you either love or loathe, and I definitely don't love it.
I think that ironing is one of things that you either love or loathe, and I definitely don't love it.
Because my husband and I both work and our eldest son goes to a school where he has to wear a shirt and trousers each day, we have quite a lot of ironing to do.
The only way I can endure it is by doing in front of the television. This usually happens on a Sunday night.
The problem is that while ironing is fairly rewarding, in that you end up with beautiful, smooth, sweet-smelling clothes, I find the act of ironing unbearably repetitive and tedious.
Do you iron? Do you have any tips to make ironing less dreary? Or less time-consuming?
Please provide me with some inspiration!
11 comments:
In the days when Dh wore a business shirt every day, I found that ironing every week with diligent regularity meant I only ironed for 30-45 minutes.
These days Dh has chosen polo shirts with his logo stitched on. Our ironing is down to very few things. We all tend to iron as we need things done. The girls are as happy to do the ironing as anyone, so who am I to stand in their way?!
I don't work but iron every day so that it doesn't build up. Tomake it less tedious I iron fabric to cut for patchwork or make a block and iron it. So each day I either cut a block or make a part of a block so that I make quilt progress and get the ironing done at the same time. It helps that my sewing machine lives in the laundry.
Kate, now that I am back at work full time, I have engaged the services of a professional ironer. Bliss. Perfectly ironed clothes, delivered back to my front door.
Do you iron because of wrinkles or because you like the clean lines? If it's the wrinkles, pull the shirt straight out of the dryer when it's still hot and put it on a wire hanger. Button the shirt all the way up. Use your fingers to make the creases and it will be just fine. For me, ironing is one of those things I can let go in order to live a happier life :o)
I used to get really frustrated by people who said they didn't iron. Like "how can they do that?" Then, while we were away I ironed the sum total of 2 garments for the entire 14 weeks!!! I was shocked!!! As you can imagine, I iron a LOT less now than I used to (mind you, we've only been back a week). Funnily enough, the family doesn't look uncared for at all (which I expected they would).
I used to iron while watching movies. I just don't bother anymore. Most of our clothes look just fine, and all the ones that wrinkle belong to the three-year-old, who wrinkles them right up again anyway.
I put a DVD on of my choice and then iron for the length of the movie. If it is not done by the end of the movie that it can wait until lext week though to be fair i can iron pretty quickly especially when i know that if i do I can relax on the sofa until the end of the film!
I don't iron much, only stuff that really really needs it. Funnily enough I will carefully iron hems when I am sewing and don't mind but dread the normal laundry ironing.
Lynda
I don't really like ironing, but I am one of those very fussy people who like to have almost all their clothes ironed. This means I constantly have a huge pile of ironing to get done. Last week was the first week in a year, where the ironing baskets were completely empty.
I find that I seperate the clothes into folding, hanging and the girls things. I usually iron the girls clothes first, probably because they go through so many things, then the folding pile and last of all the hanging pile. The hanging pile is the worst as they are usually clothes that need a bit more attention to detail.
Oh no, I dont iron. Who has time for ironing? I can barely find the time for everything else that needs to be done! The only thing that NEEDS ironing in our house are my work shirts, but I get away with not having to iron them by drying them in the clothes-dryer instead. 10 minutes on low and they come out beautifully de-creased.
~S.
Believe me my family can attest to the fact that I am not a fussy housekeeper, BUT I do like to iron. I can actually SEE my progress, and I love the steamy fresh fragrance, but most of all I love the time to think and ponder and sometimes pray without feeling guilty that I'm "doing nothing"--Hey, I'm multitasking!!!lol
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