It's like you read my mind ... yesterday while I was out I left my daughter with a simple job to do, viz, ironing. I came back to find it done extremely badly. She didnt know how to put water in so had done them dry. She was shown how to put water in and had to do them again. During this time my sister in law comes in and says, god, do you iron sheets??? And pillowcases??????? Well yes actually I do. Seeing as I sleep naked and like the softness. Or is that TMI?
If you dry them on the line they end up not particularly creased, anyway. But regardless, I am *not* drowning myself in metres of fabric for the sake of ironed bedding!
No. I hang it out with brutal efficiency when wet, so it has a few creases but nothing too Suez Canal-like, and leave it at that. Ironing is so far down the list that it's not even on the same piece of paper. ;)
Posted by Earthenwitch on 30 July, 2010 at 1:43 PM
Nope, never even thought of ironing bed linens.
Posted by la peregrina on 30 July, 2010 at 2:16 PM
no, can't remember when I last ironed anything. Oh wait 2 years ago silk fabric to set it after I dyed the stuff.
I have been known to - I have lovely pure cotton bed linen and it does look so good when properly ironed....then I realised that I seldom iron anything "properly" so I gave up. I do iron quilt tops as I make them though...does that count?
Posted by Alix on 31 July, 2010 at 10:09 AM
I'll iron a shirt for special occasions but otherwise...no ironing.
I think the only things I have ironed since I moved house is a table cloth which had to go back to work and some fabric that I ironed to save having to sew as many seams.
It's like you read my mind ... yesterday while I was out I left my daughter with a simple job to do, viz, ironing. I came back to find it done extremely badly. She didnt know how to put water in so had done them dry. She was shown how to put water in and had to do them again. During this time my sister in law comes in and says, god, do you iron sheets??? And pillowcases??????? Well yes actually I do. Seeing as I sleep naked and like the softness. Or is that TMI?
Also iron hankies but not undergarments.
Posted by Debster on 30 July, 2010 at 10:51 AMGod no, never.
Posted by Lyle on 30 July, 2010 at 1:05 PMNo - never have.
If you dry them on the line they end up not particularly creased, anyway. But regardless, I am *not* drowning myself in metres of fabric for the sake of ironed bedding!
Posted by Cat on 30 July, 2010 at 1:13 PMNo. I hang it out with brutal efficiency when wet, so it has a few creases but nothing too Suez Canal-like, and leave it at that. Ironing is so far down the list that it's not even on the same piece of paper. ;)
Posted by Earthenwitch on 30 July, 2010 at 1:43 PMNope, never even thought of ironing bed linens.
Posted by la peregrina on 30 July, 2010 at 2:16 PMno, can't remember when I last ironed anything. Oh wait 2 years ago silk fabric to set it after I dyed the stuff.
Posted by ambermoggie on 30 July, 2010 at 4:38 PMI have been known to - I have lovely pure cotton bed linen and it does look so good when properly ironed....then I realised that I seldom iron anything "properly" so I gave up. I do iron quilt tops as I make them though...does that count?
Posted by Alix on 31 July, 2010 at 10:09 AMI'll iron a shirt for special occasions but otherwise...no ironing.
Posted by delcatto on 31 July, 2010 at 11:18 AMI think the only things I have ironed since I moved house is a table cloth which had to go back to work and some fabric that I ironed to save having to sew as many seams.
Posted by Clair on 1 August, 2010 at 12:28 PMWhat's ironing?
Posted by Myra Henderson on 7 August, 2010 at 9:25 PM