https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ironing-vs-pressing Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:19:44 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ironing-vs-pressing#post-1271647 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 22:20:05 +0000 mrseccentric 1271647@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i iron wovens (from the inside if i'm worried about shine) and press knits, like tees. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ironing-vs-pressing#post-1271635 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 22:06:53 +0000 Gigi 1271635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, Tracey! That looks like quite the machine. I didn't know there was such an animal! This is all I need, something to help my inner perfectionist come out, ha ha. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ironing-vs-pressing#post-1271579 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 21:12:17 +0000 traceyws 1271579@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachy, and Gigi, you can now get a press designed for home sewers.&nbsp; It is available on Amazon and other places.&nbsp; I haven't used it, but the old Elnapress was wonderful.&nbsp; I would think if you used a pressing sheet between the boards and your clothes you wouldn't get the shine.</p> <p><a href="http://http://www.amazon.com/Janome-Artistic-Press-Model-EP100/dp/B007F42SC2" rel="nofollow">http://http//www.amazon.com/Ja.....B007F42SC2</a> </p> <p>not affiliated yada yada </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ironing-vs-pressing#post-1271539 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 20:29:00 +0000 kkards 1271539@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love that Cheryl Mendelson book--which is kind of funny because I hate all kinds of housework! (And if you haven't read her novels, I recommend them, especially the first 2). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ironing-vs-pressing#post-1271509 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 19:56:31 +0000 Gigi 1271509@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>April, the&nbsp;<i>Home Comforts&nbsp;</i>book sounds like a great sleep aid. I will pick one up soon. :)</p> <p>I hadn't thought about producing shine on the fabric. Gosh, another reason NOT to iron OR press. Don't want to damage the fabric. (I'm not an ironer in general, only if I absolutely have to.)</p> <p>MRL, I did just iron a couple of shirts the other day, and I did press the collars and cuffs of a couple of button-downs, come to think of it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ironing-vs-pressing#post-1271054 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:50:36 +0000 MRL 1271054@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Normally I iron, but I press the collars of some of husband and son's polos. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ironing-vs-pressing#post-1271017 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 10:52:16 +0000 April 1271017@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As I understand it, pressing is sometimes called for in home ironing, but usually requires a press cloth (any thin,&nbsp;clean rag between the iron and the clothing)&nbsp;to avoid producing shine on your fabric. &nbsp;</p> <p>I just read about this distinction in Cheryl Mendelson's encyclopedic&nbsp;<i>Home Comforts:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/Home-Comforts-Science-Keeping-House-ebook/dp/B001D1SRXW/ref=la_B001IGHSRI_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1402051831&amp;sr=1-1"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Home-Comforts-Science-Keeping-House-ebook/dp/B001D1SRXW/ref=la_B001IGHSRI_1_1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Home-Com.....IGHSRI_1_1</a>?</a>&nbsp;, </i>which contains everything you could possibly&nbsp;ever want to know about many things you'd prefer not to know about. &nbsp;:)<i><br /></i> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ironing-vs-pressing#post-1270911 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 05:12:25 +0000 Gigi 1270911@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maybe if I got a press like you mentioned, Rachy, I'd have more fun doing ironing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ironing-vs-pressing#post-1270908 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 05:06:54 +0000 rachylou 1270908@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I thought pressing was only done with a press, which is industrial. Not a home thing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ironing-vs-pressing#post-1270865 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 03:56:39 +0000 Anonymous 1270865@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I iron. Pressings would probably result in burned or scorched fabric if I tried it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ironing-vs-pressing#post-1270851 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 03:38:21 +0000 Gigi 1270851@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie's post on ironing and fuzzylogic's follow-up got me thinking about ironing techniques. I have never been a big ironer and know very little about it. What I do know comes from the short time I spent doing some quilting, and in the quilting world, they make a distinction between "ironing" and "pressing." Ironing is when you move the iron back and forth over the material, whereas in pressing, you don't move the iron but just let it sit in one spot for a few seconds, then pick the iron up and move it to the next spot, etc. The idea behind the latter technique is that the material is less likely to get stretched out from the motion of the iron.</p> <p>I realize that pressing is very important in quilting because we are dealing with simple squares of material that haven't been sewn into a block yet, so there's nothing to keep the shape intact&nbsp;if the iron is being moved around this way and that. On the other hand,&nbsp;clothing consists of fabric that is already sewn to other pieces of fabric, which creates more stability&nbsp;so there is less possibility of the fabric stretching out—so maybe ironing is OK.</p> <p>I'm wondering what technique people on the forum use for ironing. Do you iron, or do you press?</p>