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09-12-2010, 09:01 PM

#51

earthwalker

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Betty J

I am an ironer, but don't iron the sheets. They are always line dried but I do iron the pillowslips along with tea / dish towels, tableclothes, pjyamas and all clothes, with the exception to undies.

I have a small TV in my laundry, watching TV or a DVD is a great way to pass the time ironing.

I have always liked ironing.

Me too...but I do iron the boys cotton boxers.

09-12-2010, 11:23 PM

#52

baskets4moo

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Wait, am I hearing this correctly, sheets aren't supposed to have wrinkles???? I don't think I've ever slept on unwrinkled sheets. Am I missing something? :mrgreen:

09-13-2010, 04:17 AM

#53

sueisallaboutquilts

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My favorite "appliance" is my clothesline!!! I love hanging out my sheets and blankets. But I only iron fabric, that's it :D:D

09-13-2010, 04:36 AM

#54

tdgiffin

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She was. :0)

09-13-2010, 04:37 AM

#55

jemma

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i pre wash all my fabric when i' gather' a few pieces[sounds better than buying]--i lovingly wash+ iron it and enjoy doing it always iron as i sew-----anything else i hate hate hate ironing so very little gets ironed--i nearly fainted when i realised people iron sheets!!!!!!!!

09-13-2010, 04:54 AM

#56

pojo

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I hang the sheets out but don't iron them.

09-13-2010, 05:28 PM

#57

elizabeth

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I am afraid to hang my sheets outside because of the pollen. But I did grow up on a farm where we used a clothesline for everything.

09-13-2010, 08:35 PM

#58

Dee

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Nothing is like the smell of a line dried sheet.

09-14-2010, 01:51 AM

#59

ann clare

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No I don't iron sheets. Did years ago.

09-14-2010, 04:41 AM

#60

GailG

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Butterflyspain

Don´t have a mangle but by the expensive sheets with Percal in them, they wash beautifully and really don´t need to be ironed. Its been so hot here has been 110, that when they come off the clothes line they are pretty good, I always smooth them out first when I hang them up. Just hate ironing, I do it but with a reluctance. LOL

There's that word again -- MANGLE. What is a mangle?

Edit: I just googled. I know what they are...just have never called it that. We used one like that in the Home Management House at college. We had to iron everything. I suppose that's why I don't iron too many things today...and my priorities are elsewhere. Folding sheets while they're hot from the dryer works well. OR... put them back on the bed while they're warm, stretch them well.