Iron shirts and blouses

Always start with the collar on a shirt or blouse.

Tip: Natalia Konopleva.

iron the collar from the wrong side first. Start at one corner of the collar and move the iron to the middle, simultaneously smoothing the collar line. Do the same starting from the other corner of the collar. Now turn the collar over to the front side and do the same, moving the iron from the corners to the middle.

Once you’ve ironed an entire shirt or blouse, iron the collar one more time.

Shirts are ironed from the backside first and then from the front side.

Lay the sleeves face up on the ironing board so that the seam of the sleeves form a straight line. Iron the seam from the cuff upward, and then iron the sleeve from the top down to the cuff. Turn the sleeve over and iron the outside in the same way.

The cuffs and shoulders of a jacket or blouse are easier to iron using a special extra board for sleeves. If you do not have such a board, roll up a thick towel and put it in the sleeve. That way you get better results than with a wide ironing board.

When ironing the sleeves of blouses with sewn-in sleeves, many people make the mistake of trying to smooth out the sleeve sewing line. But the head of the sleeve will always be tucked in when sewing with respect to the armhole line. It is not right to iron these seams, on the contrary, they must be accentuated. To do this, iron the seam line of the sleeves from the wrong side, aligning the edges of the sleeve and armhole. It is more convenient to do it on a sleeve board or with a tightly rolled up towel.

HALFS OF THE FRONT OF A SHIRT OR BLOOD shelves start ironing from the part of the front where the button placket is located. The flap is laid along the ironing board. First iron the button placket in the direction from the bottom edge to the collar, then iron the rest of the front from the collar to the bottom edge.

Start with the buttoned side of the shirt or blouse ironed facing downwards, then iron the buttoned side of the shirt or blouse from the front.

BROWNS are ironed on the rounded end of the ironing board. First pull the left shoulder on the ironing board as far as the sleeve allows. Iron the basque of the shoulder from the front backwards, then move to the second shoulder.

Start ironing the side seam of the shirt or blouse with the side seam on top of the ironing board. Iron the seam from the wrong side from the bottom edge to the basque of the shoulder, lead the iron further and finish ironing the back in the same way from the other side seam.

THE SECOND PART OF THE FRONT is ironed after the back is ironed. Second side seam is ironed from the bottom edge up. Pull shelf with placket and buttonholes along ironing board and iron from bottom edge upwards. Finally, iron the placket with the buttonholes.