Stand by your Board

To be successful at ironing, you must be mentally prepared. A slovenly attitude breeds carelessness and mistakes. Clothes can be ruined and it will all end in tears.

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Practice Is Perfect

Now we have covered the basics of ironing it is time to pop on your pinnies, stand by your boards and practise your technique. Are we all ready? So let's make a start.

1. Dampen the garment if necessary and set your iron to the required temperature for the garment to be ironed.

2. Iron the hems and the seams first, before moving on to the collars, then sleeves and pockets, and finally the main body of the garment.

3. As a general rule always iron in the direction of the grain of the fabric using long, smooth strokes over as large an area as possible.

The exceptions to these are:

Iron fine wool with a light circular motion.

Iron knitted rayon diagonally.

Iron embroidery on the wrong side over a thick blanket or pad.

Iron tucks and gathers with the point of the iron.

Iron heavier materials by laying a damp, lint free cloth on top. This is the only way to get crisp pleats in skirts.

And remember girls, once you have taken all this trouble to get your clothes looking neat and smart, do be careful about how you then hang them up.

Try to ensure you have enough cupboard space to allow your blouses, dresses and skirts to hang freely.

If that means you have to be ruthless at times and actually pass on some of your little worn clothes to Oxfam, so be it.

If you are in doubt, please do be cautious. Start with a cool iron and if this doesn't seem to do the trick increase the temperature until the creases dissapear. How easily this happens will also depend on the moisture in the garment, so let's look at judging the moisture.

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