How to Prepare to Iron Slacks

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Marti. On behalf of expertvillage.com I'm going to share with you today how to iron a pair of slacks. You want to pay attention to detail on all of these items so that your outfit will hang properly. First thing we're going to do is start at the top and iron the waistband and in this case we're going to start with your waistband, always start with your waistband on pants, jeans, skirts. We're going to make sure that all of this is pressed down place the pant leg over the arm of your iron and kind of hand press your seams where they are suppose to be. This is called hand blocking your item. I'm going to take my iron because this is cotton we're doing a medium high heat with a little steam. "