April 7, 2011

No More Ironing?

I found a great tip in Working Mother Magazine a few weeks back and decided to test out the effectiveness.  I happen to get Working Mother Magazine because it was a free subscription.  Even though I don't "work" outside of the home, I am certainly a "working mother" (24/7)!!

Do you hate ironing as much as I do? 
I do love doing laundry.  Freak of nature, I know.  But, I hate ironing. 
I read a tip about how to get the wrinkles out without ironing and gave it a try last night. 

TIP:  Mix 1 tsp. fabric softener with 1 cup water and spray wrinkles away

Here is the before shirt (I used an old one of Steve's that he needed to throw out anyway for the trial run)


I added the water and fabric softener to a spray bottle and went to town on it.  I kept it on the hanger and let dry overnight.  This is what I found in the morning.



Not bad, right??  I was impressed!  This shirt was very wrinkled, so I am sure it would do wonders on an item that just needs touched up.  The fabric softener gave it just enough of a fresh, clean smell as well!

Just might have to ditch my iron for good!

2 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh! That is great. Do you spray the item till it is saturated or do you just spritz it? I am going to have to try this,
    pam

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  2. pam- i sprayed this shirt pretty good because I knew I could let it sit overnight. you might just spritz it if you don't have a lot of dry time or if it isn't too wrinkled. i didn't saturate it, but it was pretty wet! genius,right?!!

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