Learning to Iron

Today, my mom showed me how to iron formal shirts. This might sound like it has nothing to do with sewing, but it does. Depending on how you iron a garment, it can look very different. For example, when ironing a sleeve, you can iron it along the shoulder seam, or in half, causing a crease in the middle of the sleave (like the way formal business shirts have it). Also, if you iron the inside seam along the body of the shirt, it can become uncomfortable. This knowledge will be very useful in creating pleats, creases, or even to make a seam flat when sewing. Before, I had only ironed flat, rectangular things, like curtains, but now I know that there is a little more to ironing than just pressing the iron from end to end.