top sheet under duvet cover or not?

All my sheets, towels and underwear is white cotton and I find washing at 45c keeps them white

My mother ironed everything, including socks and dusters - "I never saw anything that wouldn't look better for ironing." Think she may have included my father in that statement!

(Do you mean c or f? )

Bit of bleach in a lower heat wash would probably work just as well - 95 degrees just seems so...HOT!

ana I don't suppose for one minute it is necessary but I do it because I was taught that whites only keep their colour by boiling!! I have never tried them on a lesser heat. Been married for 46 years so want change now!

Ironing? - what is this thing?

Crikey! Is that really necessary? If so, why?

When we did domestic science at school (about 1000 years ago) we were explicitly told NOT to iron towels, face flannels or terry nappies.

All my linen is white - I have a thing about it!!!! Costs a fortune in washing bills as I always take it up to just about boiling (95c) in my washing machine, not remotely ecologically sound I must admit.

My late MIL used to iron face flannels and towels. The towels were always flat and hard, I prefer them soft and fluffy but would never have dared complain.
I do iron duvet covers and boxers but not my underwear.

Many years ago when I visited my GP for reasons long forgotten she said the immortal words to me "you look like a woman who irons pyjamas" which I did and she told me phrased in nicer terms "wise up".

Have never ironed underwear, fitted sheets, towels since then but sadly like ironed PJs and duvet cover - but like kitty I fold duvets in 4 and iron top and bottom - does that make me a bad person???? Should I go and have a lie down perhaps not just another glass of

I can't sleep without a top sheet and love that feeling of fresh, crisp sheets with a high thread count. I use fitted bottom sheets and my top sheet doesn't slip off. I have had navy blue sheets too, but then I love navy blue in anything.

Grannyknot - how do you iron it once it is on the bed?
Marmight do you have a video of this? Sounds entertaining!

I understood that about Terry nappies too Elena. Ditto towels. She reckoned they folded more neatly in the airing cupboard. Takes all sorts I suppose.

So glad to hear there are men who iron. Mr Purple thinks his bits would fall off if he laid a hand on an iron. Mr Teetime. Mind DH 's late mother used to 'iron' sheets by putting them under the cushion of her armchair and sitting on them for a couple of days, so no role modelling there

I iron sheets, pillowcases and the duvet cover! However, I'm not as bad as a friend who irons underwear

I iron the duvet cover and the pillow cases unless, like this week, I'm struggling to get them washed, dried and ironed so I take them to the laundrette and get them to do everything.

I fold my duvet cover into 4 (IYSWIM) and just iron the top surface and the bottom surface.

purple, I had a friend like that, but it was the 80s so can't have been the same one.

Everyone thought she was crackers.

In any case, terry nappies don't absorb so well when ironed.

Mr Teetime irons the duvet cover and everything else and if he didn't I would. I like a nice pristine bed no creases and sharp hospital corners on the bottom sheet - we don't have fitted sheets - to hard to iron.

I iron my duvet cover in a perfunctory manner once it is on the bed. And then only the top.

So glad to hear I am not the only duvet cover ironer in the country. Several friends have told me I am completely barking to do so. But it looks so much nicer! Would never emulate friend in 1970s who used to iron Terry nappies!!!

I iron duvet covers.

Whoops!

I too hate ironing, love the heavy cotton, hate the creases - the NAVY top sheet is percale and so doesn't get ironed. DGD1 used to do my ironing to top up her allowance, but is now on her gap year doing community voluntary service elsewhere!

Love the idea of your 'navel blue' top sheet, Ariadne!

I don't iron sheets or duvet covers either, ninathenana. Or anything else, come to that...

Grace is there much difference between washing a top sheet and washing a duvet cover ? The cover is just a double layer of cotton.

Who irons duvet covers anyway?

So many of you seem to love washing and ironing! I have a top sheet as I have no wish to wash the cover every week. I do the same for my mother too. I am not a make work person and don't find I am ever cold during the night.