Ironing

Ironing clothes is a tedious but necessary household chore. It can be made easier, though, by using a good quality ironing board and there is a huge selection on the market today. More: continued here

Episode One:"Nani, please help me to create autorun programme for our assigmment""Reward?""I will iron your cloth for a day""Okay, deal"Episode two:"Nani, can you please look on my project, I don't know how to 'burn' it in CD""Iron my cloth for a day?""Okay"Episode three:At textile shop, early of this month. My friends choosing clothes for me, as I told them I never know how to choose textile that suit with me, for entire of my life, my mom choose for me."Which textile you like?" My friend ask."Anything that I don't have to iron."Episode four:My roomate and I address ourself as 'Darling and Ayang'."Darling, you don't want to iron your cloth for tomorrow?""Can I go to class naked?"See, I have no relation with ironing..

After drugs and alcohol, Amy Winehouse has found herself another addiction – ironing. According to a pal of the singer, the ‘Rehab’ hitmaker has gone flat out at her new obsession and is ironing everything she can get her hands on in her home in Camden, North London. “She has become absolutely obsessed with ironing things,” The [...]

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Zero in to Cameroon, a country in Africa, where young teenage girls are pounded mercilessly on their breasts with hot pestles, coconut shells and assorted material. This practice, known as breast ironing, is done in the name of tradition and protection from the roaming eyes of men. About 50 percent of young girls in Africa suffer from this depressing practice and a lot of them come out from it scarred for life- both emotionally as well as physically. Medical experts have determined that such severe modification of the breast tissue can lead to breast cancer and cyst formation. Zero in to California, a state in North America, where young teenage girls get gifted a set of new breasts for their high school graduation. This practice, known as breast augmentation, is done in the name of s

OK it is time for an update.We are having a fine old time in Bristol. Our legs have become strong, like Isambard Kingdome Brunelle's pistons, powering up and down the hills of the city.There is however, so much to sort out. The internet for example, at the moment it has to be mobile, so that we can take it with us, wherever we go. We are not staying in the garrett for long thats for sure. Along with a new internet system comes many glitches, for example I havnt sorted out my mailing for my painting blog, so everyone on my list, I hope, will be patient.The flat is minging, horrible, a stinky little hovel. It has some redeming features which are as follows...Number one, the view. The view is great, right out accross the city, it is possible to watch the different moods that different times o

==========10 YearsBack during the days of the Soviet Union, it took 10 years to get a car after you paid for one.Once, a young guy went to the car dealership to order a car. He paid the money, and the asked when can he come and get the car."It will be here, waiting for you, exactly 10 years from today".The man signed the papers, started waliking away and then stooped, turned and asked the salesman: "Wait, will it be ready at the morning or at the afternnon"."What difference does it make?", asked the salesman."Well", answered the man, "the plumber is coming in the morning".

I swear that next time I buy a new hose to water the garden I shall purchase one that promotes itself thusly: ‘guaranteed to kink all the time.’ I am heartily sick of having a non-functioning sprinkler system. [translation = water garden by hand for an hour and a half very late at night or very early in the morning, with a kinky hose] Junior stands cautiously in the door jam, not really in, but definitely not out. [translation = dislikes ‘outside’ with a passion] The large cardboard label from the new hose, together with it’s plastic ties, lie nearby waiting to be recycled. I fight with the recalcitrant hose and ignore my son. [translation = whilst ignoring a child, let alone an autistic one, is not to be encouraged, if I attempt to llure him to adopt ‘out of the house’ status, I’ll jinx my chances]“What it is?”“What is what dear?” “Er, dah ‘kink.’?”“Ah. Very pertinent question. A ‘kink’ is a fold or a bend. See this lovely new hose?

Si vives en apartamento pequeño y necesitas economizar espacio a la hora de los quehaceres domésticos como planchar; ¿qué esperas para cambiar tu burro de planchar por el Liika Ironing? Es canadiense y en lugar de patas tiene discos de succión lo que te permite colocarlo en superfícies diversas como ventanas, paredes, refrigeradores, puertas y demás. Los discos pueden también rotar para darte más posiciones y mayor comodidad al planchar tu preciada ropa. Además de todo es bastante bonito.Vía: The Uber-Review

Para divulgar um novo serviço de engomadoria foram criadas 3 peças diferentes:1- Um Mupi em que se pode ver uma camisa amarrotada2- Um tapete de rato3- Uma pedaço de papel foi enviada para diferentes meios. Ao abrir o papel tinha a imagem de uma camisa vincada.To promote a new ironing service 3 different pieces were created: 1- An outdoor Billboard with a shirt that needs to be ironed 2- A mouse pad 3- A piece of paper was sent to different media. When opening the paper we could see an image of a shirt all full of creases.Credits:Advertising Agency: BJL, Manchester, UKCreative Directors: Gary Fawcett, Lisa NicholsArt Director: Gary FawcettCopywriter: Harinder BajwaPhotographer: Paul MoffatReleased: September 2006

I stitched the bias binding to the right side of the cover using a narrow stitch all around. To thread the cotton tape into the biased edge of the cover, I used the good old “safety pin method” by first attaching one edge of the twill tape to the safety pin and threading it all around the cover edges. I spread the twill tape evenly around the edges (this requires some pushing and pulling) leaving approximately two 8 inch edges free at the closure point. After that I hand sewn (slipstitched) the two bias binding edges together on the wrong side of the cover up the the folded edge of the binding. Ta-da! It is nothing fancy, its only an ironing board cover, but I’m quite happy with how it turned out. I’ve placed the cover on top of my board (and trashed the old warn-out-ready-made-flowery cover) and pulled up the twill tape so the cover folds underneath and fits tightly around the board. As I said in one of my earlier posts, the fit would be better if I had a

I layed the muslin and the batting piece flat, keeping all the edges even, pinned them together and basted the muslin and batting together around the outer edges. I connected the two 3ft bias bindings together since my ironing board circumference was around 4ft. The prepared bias binding was easy to sew and the result was neat. Unfortunatelly I was able to buy bias bindings in solids only. It would have been more fun to apply a nice patterned bias binding to the muslin but I would have to do make it myself. Oh well, an ironing board doesn’t need that much attention… To apply the bias binding I’ve first folded 3/8 inch of the bias binding edge onto the wrong side. This will be the part where the two bias binding edges will connect together on the short end of the ironing board cover. With the batting side of cover and the wrong side of binding facing up, I pinned the binding to the edges of the cover starting at the center of the short end and working all around

I traced the shape of my ironing board on a big piece of paper. This was to make my paper template. I then layed out and pinned the template on the muslin adding 5cm (2 inches) all around and cut the muslin. By the time I finished the project I realized adding 7.5cm (3 inches) all around would have been a better option. Oooops, I also soon realized that I didn’t prevash my muslin. Was that bad?  Next time I have to remember to prewash the fabric that goes into my stash… I layed my muslin template on the batting to cut out the piece in batting and that completed all the steps I needed to do before I can start sewing. I have a sense that this project will be a short one and that is nice after sewing the dress which took several days to complete. Well, I could have done the dress in a day or so if only life wasn’t taking time away from sewing. Cheers, Ana

While doing my last project, the groovy daisy summer dress, I realized I cannot take pictures on my good sewing companion, the ironing board. The poor thing is used heavily and needs a better “outfit” for my blog and that is how my next sewing project came to life. A new project justifies a trip to the sewing store, right? That is what I thought too and so I went there on Saturday looking for some nice 100% cotton for my ironing board cover. Initially I wanted to buy something colorful and I was looking around in the home decor section of the store. A friendly sales lady suggested I could use muslin instead. That’s a good idea I thought, and besides, I have muslin at home. Not only that, but I also have batting at home! I ended up only buying a contrasting quilt binding, thread and twill tape since everything else I already had in my stash. Hurray for the stash! Here is the material for the ironing board cover: muslin thread batting 4 yards of 2-inch-wide rea

The Liika ironing board utilizes suction cups which allow it to be attached to any non porous surface. This eliminates legs which can be knocked over and it also allows the device to be attached to a height level which is comfortable to the user, eliminating strain. The articulating arms, ...

Today I want to present you a product that I think is very useful for small spaces or college dorms, because it takes a minimum wall space, but can be very helpful. The Wall Mounted LifeStyle Ironing Center combines convenience, space efficiency, inconspicuous style and astounding affordability into one smart, ...

So once again, I am perplexed by a notion shown in a Muki Kurai book (last time it was her little clips).... This time it's this little mat with ruled lines (like a ruler) that you can put on top of your fabric, and then fold up your hem allowance on top of that, and iron into place. She calls it an "Iron Scale." Large photo here and description here.Last post by CM_Sews at Tue 10 Jun 2008 10:3