I hate ironing. Nate owns 27 shirts that need to be ironed. (Kind of ironic, eh?) Anyway, I decided to make a new cover for my ironing board. The ones at the store aren't much to choose from, and I had lots of scrap fabrics.
Anyway, it's super easy to do. Just trace around your ironing board, then add 2 1/2 inches all around. I then sewed wide double fold bias tape all the way around, leaving a small opening where the ends meet. I threaded elastic cord through the opening and knotted it; then sewed the opening closed. And Voila! new cover.
Takes all of 15 minutes start to finish. (Threading the cord took ten of those minutes.) I just slipped it over the top of the old one! Anyway, I really like my new cover. It is much more cheerful. When I showed Nate he asked, "Have you tried it out yet?" He needed a shirt to wear the next day. (He had ironed his own shirts for the past two days - he's such a nice husband to not wake me up to do that.)
Anyway, it's super easy to do. Just trace around your ironing board, then add 2 1/2 inches all around. I then sewed wide double fold bias tape all the way around, leaving a small opening where the ends meet. I threaded elastic cord through the opening and knotted it; then sewed the opening closed. And Voila! new cover.
Takes all of 15 minutes start to finish. (Threading the cord took ten of those minutes.) I just slipped it over the top of the old one! Anyway, I really like my new cover. It is much more cheerful. When I showed Nate he asked, "Have you tried it out yet?" He needed a shirt to wear the next day. (He had ironed his own shirts for the past two days - he's such a nice husband to not wake me up to do that.)
snazzy, I like it! I had to buy a new ironing board cover a few months ago and the choices were ivy on a white background or blue plaid. I went with the blue plaid, it seems the least horrid of the two
ReplyDeleteThat's a nice, bright, ironing board cover. I have to ask though, since you lead into this by saying, "I have a lot of fabric scrapes...." What exactly were you buying this one for in the first place??? I mean, I think it's a great ironing board cover.....
ReplyDeleteit looks like it was from a skirt or something like that. I'd use that fabric for a skirt. :) the have you tried it out yet comment cracks me up. haha. ulterior motives. :)
ReplyDeleteyou definitely have the sewing skills! very nice.
ReplyDeletefifteen minutes my foot! it would take me that long to wrestle the dang ironing board out of it's slot and get it upright.
ReplyDeleteThis would be, for me, at least a 3 hour project. not including time spent purchasing my own "scrap" and the elastic and that stuff you call double fold bias tape. and then there's the matter of threading and knotting and sewing the opening closed. maybe i should make that 4 hours.
you are a marvelous work and a wonder! more domestic talent in your pinky than most of us have amass in a lifetime.
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27 shirts? Yikes ... AMy is constantly ironing my shirts and every tikme I see her ironing I tell her to just take them to the cleaners. I mean for about $1 per shirt why would you want to go through all the hassle yourself. In fact just put Nate in charge of dropping them off and picking them up .... that way you are off the hook.
ReplyDeleteSo cute! I will have to do this, since I've successfully ruined my ironing board cover with various craft projects over the years. Sean has to put a towel over it when he irons his shirts! He's the ironer in the family, so I'm sure if I had to do that every time I wanted something ironed, it would have been done by now!
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ReplyDeleteI am insanely interested in those tutus. Could you explain how you made them?
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I bought the fabric at IKEA for some big floor pillows. This was the left over. It looks cool as a floor pillow. I have also seen this fabric on other blogs and flickr made into cute skirts and little girls' jumpers.
ReplyDeletecongrats on the cover, but what really impressed me was your punning skills! ("ironic"---har har har!)
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure why, but I actually enjoy ironing - and I always have. At BYU, I ironed gymsuits in the laundry - that was my paying job - I used big mangle - I love those - my mom had one for years - and we never got to touch it - and was seriously disappointed to grow up and discover that no one used them anymore.
ReplyDeleteBut even though I love ironing - I send Harry's shirts out - and don't mind dropping them off and picking them up either - I enjoy getting to know the proprietor and his charming wife - and one of their workers is the mother of one of my students.
Now I mostly enjoy ironing and starching my growing collection of vintage linens - they are all flat and easy to iron - and they look so lovely when I do them.
I use them too, lest you think it's a frivolous collection!
I usually put a movie or a conference talk on the computer to keep me company while I iron.
Well, it does take all kinds!!
And I just may try making a new ironing board cover. I actually find cute ones all the time, but I too have lots of fabric to use up.
We had an iron rite and I loved using it. We bought it off of the family of an older woman who had died. I was worried that the guys would all get hernias, it was so heavy. When we moved to Kyiv, we gave it to Peggy. While in Kyiv I found the Meile store and saw one that was light weight and collapsible. I really want one but it retails for about $2000. I used to mangle all of my things when I was on my mission. Each laundry place had a HUGE one for sheets and the like. Uncle Paul used to iron shirts and dresses on his. I never was able to master that. Good luck with irony.
ReplyDeletesorry I meant ironing. Maybe I just was trying out my punning skils.
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