I needed a Big Ironing Board!!!!!
08-16-2015, 08:16 AM
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I had Home Depot cut the sheet of plywood in half lengthwise and the ends off, and used the two end boards for shelves. I also used a staple gun. Gave a friend the other width of board some years ago. I have since recovered it. It has been great.
08-16-2015, 03:20 PM
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It's not that hard to make your ironing board rectangle. Use your board some plywood (hubby made 2 big boards with one sheet of plywood), strips of wood, batting and fabric. Now if I can fins the pictures!! Lay your ironing board on the plywood, draw shape of ironing board onto plywood, cut wood strips and apply (hubby used screws) just outside of drawn lines, cover finished board with batting and fabric (I used the staple gun). I have this one dedicated to quilting but you could take the big board off and still use for clothes ironing if needed.
08-16-2015, 04:20 PM
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Great and timely thread. Thanks for sharing it. I have one question. I hang my ironing board on the door when not in use. How did you attach the board so that when you fold up the ironing board the board stays on. I don't have enough space to keep it up all the time.
08-16-2015, 08:00 PM
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Wow! That sounds like a terriffic idea. I've learned during the past 2-3 months while I've been working on the bedskirt, the drapes for my son's room. etc., that a very large ironing board would be wonderful. I've got to work on that!
Thanks for the idea!
Jeanette
Thanks for the idea!
Jeanette
08-16-2015, 08:04 PM
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oh how I wish that I had space in my sewing room for a large board! In the long arm space in basement, I covered my dining table (with all the leaves) with a heat reflecting cover, then bat and an old quilt and use it to iron wide back (although most of the time I just put the backing on the rollers and then mist with water spray bottle and roll back and forth and let it sit overnight and it's wrinkle free.
08-17-2015, 05:32 AM
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My husband cut an oak entertainment center down. It had drawers and a shelf with doors where I store my extra machine. One of the drawers is nice for storing patterns upright (stored video tapes) and two larger drawers. In the slot where the video player was stored now houses my decorator boxes of thread by color. I also store my revolving cutting board under the ironing board. I saw an oak entertainment center like mine at the 2nd hand store for $10.00. Cheaper that the sterilite cabinets and nicer looking with more storage.
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