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[Maloyo]

How many times a year would be the more appropriate question in my case.  The answer is 2 or 3 (not inlcuidng using an iron-on patch for someting).  

I don't do laundry either.  I take it to the laundromat and pick it up cleaned and folded the next day.  They fold neatly, which negates the need to iron most stuff.  I can live with a few wrinkles. 

For stuff that really needs to be ironed (a few summer pieces) I will iron them once or twice over the season before I give up wearing them, or just live with the wrinkles. The other time I'll iron is when I'm switching summer/winter clothes (either way) and some piece is just a balled-up mess after taking it out of the space bag (no, I don't neatly fold many clothes. Start out folding, end up stuffing).

I have a steamer that I bought for my floors.  It has an attachment for clothes, but that is way more trouble than it is worth.  I do not own an ironing board, so I just find a flat surface and throw a towed over it to iron.  

[Cakers3]

One and done.  LOL

[CelticCrafter]

Unless we have some place special to go, zero.

Since my husband retired if I take the iron out 4 times a year, it's a lot.

[SahmIam]

Believe it or not, I have never ironed. I don't know how to use one, I don't know how you do it. In my world, that is what the dry cleaner is for.

[ItsME]

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@BirkiLady wrote:

Sheets are washed at home, but pressed at the dry cleaners. I do iron my pillow cases. Have to admit that jeans are no longer ironed!  

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@BirkiLady  I can't imagine!  LOL  

In contrast..... a quick story ....  Five years ago my handyman (who is very skilled and does much more than little jobs) was building a new shower for me.  His wife was out of town helping his sister with something.  It was the first time in 30 years that he'd been left home without her, and he had to do the laundry for the first time.  

He told me that he never realized how hard it is to fold fitted sheets.  I told him that it was because he was doing it wrong.  He perked up, paying close attention to the words of wisdom I was about bestow upon him.  I told him it is very simple and easy.  When you take the sheets out of the dryer, you put them back on the bed!  Works for me every time!  LOL  

[Imaoldhippie]

Iron??

[fancy pantsy]

[ItsME]

@Peaches McPhee   That only happens to me when clothes get wound up in the sheets.

A couple suggestions....  

1. Take things out of the dryer as soon as they are dry, and smooth and/or fold them immediately.  (You can take one item out of the dryer at a time, to keep the others warm until you're ready to fold them.) 
2. When needed, put dry clothes back into the dryer along with a damp towel for about 10 minutes.  Then take things out, one by one, and smooth and hang or fold.  

That should cut down on a lot of work.

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@Peaches McPhee wrote:

I wonder if it's my dryer.  I iron pretty much everything, including T-shirts.  They come out a wadded-up ball.  

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[ItsME]

@Meowingkitty   ... I do the same thing.

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@Meowingkitty wrote:

Basically when I buy clothes if in doubt I will wad up a section of it in the store and if it wrinkles that item stays in the store.

[Montana]

None.  I stopped ironing many years ago. If anything needs ironing, I do not buy it. It’s a deal breaker.