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[Carmie]

I actually like to iron, but most of my everyday clothing does not need ironed.  About 95% of my wardrobe is 100% cotton.

I wash everything in cold water, then place in the dryer to warm it up.  It takes maybe three minutes.  Then I remove and hang to dry.  When the clothing is warm, I smooth out the wrinkles. It drys wrinkle free.

None of my clothing gets dried in the dryer.

I iron pillow cases and the top edge of sheets, table cloths, and maybe some clothing that is special, but other than that, I don't iron much anymore.

I figured out how to get my clothes not to wrinkle in the first place.  I do not and will not wear wrinkled items.  It looks so sloppy.

[SeaMaiden]

Never iron anymore  unless I have pants or a Top that requires ironing to freshen  it up from being in the closet too long....or after washing. But maybe only once a year now, now that I am retired.

When  I was working, I would touch up garments almost daily so I looked nice at work....

Nothing worse than someone who is a wrinkled mess ....and/or .....has food stains on their top😳👎

I call them a SLOB. But only in my head!😄

[Whosits]

I've tried other options such as steamers and small ironing boards but they just don't seem to work well for me. I had a real steamer but didn't use it because of the hassle of getting it ready. My iron has an option to steam clothes while on the hanger and I have used that but for things that are very wrinkled it's the big ironing board every time. I also tend to save up my ironing so that I've doing numerous pieces at once. It's nver worth it to me drag out the ironing board for one thing. 

[qualitygal]

Zero

[wagirl]

none

[Mom2Dogs]

Every day!....did not today because I have been in the yard all day, and I don't iron work in the yard clothes, but tomorrow, I will iron.

[Greeneyedlady21]

I iron everything I'm going to wear the next day on the night before. If it's a jeans day I even iron those, I have a thing about wrinkled clothes.

[september]

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@willomenia wrote:

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@SurferWife wrote:

I iron most everything I wear, except for my Liquid Knit items. I’d say anywhere from 5 - 10 items a week. I do it all at once, on Saturdays when I’m doing housework & laundry. I’ve always been an ironer & enjoy it. I like the look of ironed clothes.

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I agree, ironed clothes make you look neat and put together. Not all items can come out of the dryer wrinkle free. Luckily, i have a built in ironing board, folds down from the wall. I think older houses had them back then when everyone would iron everything. 

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In a previous house, I had a built-in ironing board!   It was convenient.   

[september]

Thanks for all the responses...so many made me laugh!  What I learned...most of you do less ironing than me.

at the moment, I have two clean tops hanging in my laundry room that look a bit wrinkled.  It just doesn’t seem worth it to get out the “equipment”.  I’ll wait until I have at least three items. 😜

[VanSleepy]

I couldn't tell you the last time I pulled out my iron, but I do steam every day.  Anything that's not going to get good enough by steaming (husband's dress shirts primarily) goes to the cleaners.  At one time I had this crazy idea of saving money and doing his shirts myself...that lasted one week.  No one ever gave me ironing lessons!