About ironing jeans

I agree 100% cotton bedding, down duvet and feather pillows! A bit like the ' princess and the pea' ! x

Yep...good bedding and ironed, including duvet cover.

Hear, hear Granjura, I thought I was the only one

One of my favourite luxuries is good quality cotton bedding- and it is such a wonderful thing to get into a clean bed with ironed cotton bedding. I am really not very houseproud generally- and our house is very 'lived in'- but the above is wonderful.

Ist MiL tried to make me iron flannels, knickers, socks - Ex said he had to hide his jeans from her, steal them from the line so she couldn't iron them! She ruined jumpers too.

I sometimes iron pillowcases because it's nice to have the smooth fabric next to my face. Mind you, after one night I might as well not have bothered!

The only things I iron are tablecloths.

DS always moaned about my ironong They ironed their own things! x

My mum used to work in a laundry before she married, and she always said that mens' shirts should have a crease down the sleeves and womens' blouses should never have one.

Hmmm.. I didn't know that shirt's shouldn't have a crease. DH would think they weren't finished properly.

One of my ds has to wear collar and tie to work, that's at lease 5 shirts, possibly more each week. DDIL also works and told him if he wanted ironed shirts he could do them himself so once a month he leaves a bin bag full of shirts into the local ironing service

Come to think of it my mum had one when I was little- I didn't realise shirts etc shouldn't have a crease!

Still use a sleeve board for my blouses and shirts Anno.

I do iron them, but definitely no creases. I think ironing them makes them softer. My DD shuns ironing of any kind. If SiL needs a shirt ironed, he has to do it himself.

Smooth the jeans, line up the seams and hang over a radiator. Same goes for my cords.
nina, when I was young, it wasn't the done thing to iron creases in shirt sleeves which is why many ironing boards were sold with sleeve boards. I don't think you ever see those on sale nowadays. It was quite a task to iron them without a crease, but that was the way my mum taught me as well as our DS teacher at school. I still feel bad about putting creases in shirt sleeves when I do a bit of ironing when staying with one of my sons.

No creases, but I iron them, particularly around the waist band. It eases them and they are easier to do up!
Only a light touch if they have Lycra in them. x

On a different note re creases, my friend spent ages ironing out the creases in her daughter's shirt.....only to be told that it was crinkly material. Apparently it was irretrievably wrecked by the time she'd finished. Reminded me of cheesecloth shirts and skirts!

No crease- ever. But I do iron them on reverse quickly as they feel softer.

Something I learned from my sons - just flattened them a bit when their damp and they'll be fine.
I have only had the ironing board out a couple of times in 18 months - in reality most modern garments (linen excepted) look fine within 5-10 minutes with or without ironing.

I'm happy most people agree with the no creases , but I also do like my jeans pressed so its horses for courses OH wouldn't be impressed with creased up chinos either..

Another one here agreeing with janerowena I take them out of the machine, line up the seams at the bottom of the legs, then shake hard or thrash against my own legs until they look ok (jeans, not my legs) then if the weather isn't right for hanging out, leave them over the bannisters until dry.

I don't iron jeans, I do what janer does!

I iron jeans but definitely no crease !

My ds and ddil don't own an iron.
Nothing gets ironed.
Not even short sleeved shirts.
DS was going for an intervew and I think probably left his shirt into an ironing service.

Anyone else remember ironing all those pockets on cargo shorts for our young sons? Nightmare to get pocket flaps done right.

Are you supposed to iron jeans?

Iron.

Jeans.

No, I just don't! You end up with funny white lines no matter which way you do it. I just fold them over a rack in the boiler cupboard, or hang them up outside by their hems. DD used to go mad if she thought I had ironed her jeans. I do smooth them out before I hang them to dry though, I give them a good shake.