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Show 1 Ironing Tricks To iron sports dresses or blouses with an action back, use the small end of the - ironing board. Iron the gathers toward the yoke then turn and face to the wide end of the board so you can iron down from the yoke to the waist. , When ironing seams, nose the iron under the scams (on the wrong side) to eliminate seam marks. When skirts are completely com-pletely ironed, turn to the right side and finish off such details as lapels, pockets, cutis and hem. When gored skirts are cut on the bias, iron with the weave of the cloth, keeping them smooth and free of bulges at the seam. Iron gently, smoothing the fabric fab-ric as you go along, and do not pull. Pockets are important! Poorly ironed, they look like something that does not belong to the dress. Turn the garment to the wrong side, then to the right side and press carefully into place. Avoid a limp, hang-dog look in pockets. To iron zipper plackets, close the lipper first and iron close to the zipper with the nose of the iron. Smooth out wrinkles on the zipper tape, but never iron directly di-rectly on the zipper itselt Iron tucks 6lowly until abso-lutley abso-lutley dry. For vertical tucks, pull taut and iron lengthwise. On horizontal tucks, start at the top and iron downward. |