The importance of pressing.

shirt Before doing anything I got the piece of clothing I was going to iron and looked for the ironing symbol on the tag to make sure this material can be ironed

In this image it is the one 2nd to last. It does not have a cross though it meaning j can iron the garment.

I then turned the iron to full temperature and waited for it to leat up.

I decided the first part of the skirt I would iron would be the collar. To do this I lay the collar flat on the ironing board and pressed it. When looking at this collar in closer detail I realised it has interesting sewing and way the material had been placed. I would like to take this forward and learn why this technique has been used.

After that I lay the back panel of the shirt along the whole of the ironing board. I then sprayed the material with some spray starch. This was so that when my dad travels to work and his shirt gets moved around it will not crease.

I then rotated the garment round so under arm is in the middle.

Once that was done I carried on rotating the garment until half of the ironing board is empty.

Using the iron I pressed in between the gaps of the buttons making sure to be careful not to touch the buttons as I didn’t want to risk them melting.

Finally I did the arms. I made them flat so that the crease line is on the top and bottom of the sleeve. I realised how the cuff had some interfaceing in it which I did not know before and is good as it allows it to keep its shape.

Next time I would make sure to be more careful as when I tried to go faster these creases would appear which I would press down by accident.

I was also fascinated by how there is no raw edges or machine seam neatened edges- they are all completely enclosed

Finally, I have include this yoke. This integers me as the manufacturer has made a completely bagged out yoke.

jeans

Next I pressed my purple wide leg jeans.

again, before I ironed this garment I checked it was allowed to be pressed.

As i washed them inside out I was able to see these elements which i may not of seen before.

One of these included how the denim in the pocket only covers half the part. This shows the denim part of the pocket is only for aethstetic purposes.

I also looked at the difference in seams depending i on The part of the garmen.

on the inside of the outer seam of the leg the edges have been seam neatened.

The seam is a flat felled seam and is in the inner seam of the legs.

I then turned My jeans inside out to the correct way then layed them longways along the ironing board.

I found when doing this the back piece if bigger than the front. Which means when I ironed the front it would crease the sides. to stop this happening I folded one side on the fold then repeated that on the other side.

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EXTRA EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS

- This is a pressing cloth.

Pressing cloths are used when handling delegate materials or garments which you are worried about burning. most of them are made from 100% white cotton. This is so that it does not melt aswell as doesn’t allow the chance for any dyes to transfer when heat is applied.

- Sleeve board.

this is a sleeve board. It is the same as a ironing board however scales down in size. This enables it to iron sleeves and not crease the underneat.

-Pressing ham

this is a pressing ham. pressing hame are used on areas of the garment where shape has been created through darts and the pattern Ect. To allow the shape to not be ironed using a flat iron out consequently getting rid of the shape created. There are 2 sides to a pressing ham. The cotton side ( which is used for cotton fabrics, and the wool side( which is used for wool fabrics, As they both withstand different heats.