[Chi-Town]

Some people like to party in white.

Nikki Beach Marbella - White Party 2017 - YouTube

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[Velvet]

If only the granddaughters get irons, the boys wear wrinkled clothes I guess. I usually buy the iron for the boys, my grandfather was a tailor and he had an iron that had to be warmed up with hot coals. An easy solution now days is steam dry setting on the drier, clothes don’t have sharp ironed edges but they are not wrinkled either.

We could have a White Nights party, looking at art after dark.

Iron

[billethkid]

Originally Posted by fw102807

Iron

Right next to the sewing machine!!!!

[Fast Freddy]

I see those 80's white walking shoes many places. Various colors have been in style for decades. I know they still sell some whites for court shoes locally.
Guess some people keep buying the same old things over and over, reminds them of the past.

[Velvet]

Yes, I still have an iron and a sewing machine.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Velvet

Yes, I still have an iron and a sewing machine. And I can and do sew my own curtains, hem pants, add zippers, sew buttons etc. My daughter and her girlfriend can sew their own clothes when they can’t get exactly what they want in the store. My daughter is also an aircraft welder and a wrought iron artist. We just like to dabble in many things, it’s fun!

I rarely use my iron, but there are times when it comes in handy. We have some antique linen items, and real linen gets wrinkled easily.

If you can't patch a hole, replace a button, or hem your own pants and keep at least a decent sewing kit in the house (if not a machine) then someone failed in parenting somewhere along the line.

My mom taught us how to sew our own clothes with Simplicity patterns when we were kids in the 60's and 70's, with the sewing machine. In Girl Scouts we had to sew a few things for our badges, by hand, no machine at all. I tried embroidery, was so-so with it. Crocheting is my sister's forte, not mine. Never had the patience for knitting.

I don't have a sewing machine of my own and probably wouldn't use it if I did. But it's surprising to think that some people wouldn't even know what to do with a thread and needle if put to task.