"Mom, how do I fold a shirt so it won't wrinkle?" Fold it the way it was when you bought it. Like this. And look at this quick way to fold t-shirts. (Thanks Jen and C for the links.)
"Can you teach me how to iron?" I said, "Have the shirt laundered at the cleaners. They'll do a much better job!" But we practiced on a wrinkled cotton dress shirt I found in the closet. Most important instruction: Careful, don't burn yourself. (Oops, he did.) He ironed pants, too.
Ironing is definitely not big amongst teen-age boys. He says only one male boarder at Hogwarts had an iron. I rarely iron any more -- nothing needs it. I keep the iron for sewing projects. I remember my mother always having a large basket of ironing. That's what I learned on.
Do you still iron?
ironing? what ees thees ironing of which you speak????
ReplyDeleteMy grandma (who embroidered beautifully) had a set of those dishtowels with the daily chores on them. I seem to recall kittens as the featured housekeepers. As a small child, I thought they were spectacular. She used them, so I'm sure they dissolved along the way. How I wish I had those! (I do have quite a few "pillowslips" as she called them.)
ReplyDeleteI iron about as much as you do, but I did teach my kids to iron. The dress-shirt-needer agrees that the laundry does a superb job on dress-shirts (and they deliver to his office!)
Don't you just love the look of a perfectly ironed dress shirt? Yum.
I was taught to start with the collar first then cuffs.
ReplyDeleteI only iron when I am sewing or if the man has forgotten to take out his shirts... he does a better job than me, but he will wait me out.
Wise to teach these skills.
I rarely iron. Wrinkles don't bother me too much.
ReplyDeleteWe are ironers. My husband recently purchased a steamer because it's better for travel--he is a wiz with it and his close look great. Ernest might like it.
ReplyDeleteI don't buy clothes that need to be ironed. I don't care about wrinkles, and there is enough housework to do without ironing!
ReplyDeleteI iron about 4 times a year (if you don't count quilting projects). At our last house, I had a chair upon which there was a pile of clothing gathering dust while waiting to be mended and ironed. My boys have learned that it's best to not wait for mom to mend their clothes.
ReplyDeleteI iron pretty much every week. No my husbands dress shirts which go to the cleaners - but tee shirts and cotton blouses and pants. I like cotton and it needs to be ironed...
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