Ironing your own clothes is one of those tasks that will strike you as a Herculean task once you move out of your parents' place. Unless, you've always been trained to iron your clothes, figuring your way out can be a hassle.

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While a viable option is giving your clothes to laundry, if you want to save some money and be self-reliant, you could learn ironing your clothes. Trust us, it'll make your mother proud. 

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After all, ironing your own clothes is a pretty impressive skill to have.  

A list of thing you need before you start ironing your clothes:

1. An iron

2. Distilled Water

3. Ironing Board (If you don't have a board, spreading out two bedsheets one over the other on the floor works just as well)

For a pair of jeans, we would recommend ideally not ironing them or if needed, just giving a little ironing (only if there are too many creases). Ironing the jeans makes it look shiny and crisp and ruins the shape of it. 

For a pair of trousers:

1. Check the kind of fabric of the pants that you're dealing with and set the temperature of the iron to the corresponding temperature.

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2. Iron the lining of the pocket

If the lining of the pockets are too creased, you iron them. Some people tend to forget this important part. If you don't iron the lining, it might be visible through your trouser and it looks like an unlikely bulge. PSA: if pants fit you weirdly, you should look at this.

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3. Start ironing from the waistband

Iron the waistband to perfection. Then iron the upper thigh region carefully keeping in mind the pleats of the pants. After that make a middle crease for these pants and iron them from top to bottom. Repeat the step on the other leg. The crease in the middle is super important to take your leg off at the knee.

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