Ironing board cover
#11
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Join Date: Jan 2011
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Um....are you sure that your wool is 100% wool? I once used wool to make an ironing board cover, and it looked really great. Until the hot iron touched it and melted it all over my iron. That stuff STINKS! It was 80% wool, and 20% not wool.
I have a new iron now....
:/
I have a new iron now....
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#12
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Central Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
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I just took the old cover off, and used it for a pattern. I sewed 3/4” bias tape loosely to the edges, and ran 1/4 inch elastic inside the bias tape. Much easier to wash than the ones with the ties. I now have two so I can use one and wash the other. I did use the idea of 1” gingham for the second one for keeping lines straight on the second one, the first is just stripes. Both work great. I have two layers of 100% cotton batting under the covers.
#13
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Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Upstate SC
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Here's a trick I used to keep the cover snug on my big board. I use elastic in a casing around the edge and then use lengths of elastic with a "mitten" clip stitched on each end. I just clip the elastic on the saggy area and bring the other clip to the other side and clip again.
I usually cover with duck cloth but love the idea of ticking. Next re-vamp, ticking! Thanks for the idea.
I usually cover with duck cloth but love the idea of ticking. Next re-vamp, ticking! Thanks for the idea.
#14
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Ranger, Texas
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Here's a trick I used to keep the cover snug on my big board. I use elastic in a casing around the edge and then use lengths of elastic with a "mitten" clip stitched on each end. I just clip the elastic on the saggy area and bring the other clip to the other side and clip again.
I usually cover with duck cloth but love the idea of ticking. Next re-vamp, ticking! Thanks for the idea.
I usually cover with duck cloth but love the idea of ticking. Next re-vamp, ticking! Thanks for the idea.
#15
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Somewhere in Time
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I use a heavyweight unbleached muslin on my ironing board with cotton batting and one layer of insulbrite, when I use one. I recently bought my first wool mat for using at sew days and liked it so much I bought a second one for my sewing room.
#16
You could also use some of those "mattress pad garters" they sell to hold the corners of the mattress pad or fitted sheets. I bought some maybe 20 years ago so maybe they don't sell them anymore. They were clips attached to bands of elastic. Come to think of it, my Mom used something similar on her ironing board so maybe they sell some specificially for ironing boards. Or, if you happen to have an old garter belt....
#18
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Location: MN
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[QUOTE=Conchalea;8030712]Being from a part of Texas where it rarely snows, what is a mitten clip & where l.p.can I get home
on my big board, i use a piece of white cotton broadcloth and anchor it with three or four strips of elastic (running it under the ironing board) safety pinned to the broadcloth.
i wash the cover every so often because it gets cruddy - and i am not a starch/sizing fanatic.
on my big board, i use a piece of white cotton broadcloth and anchor it with three or four strips of elastic (running it under the ironing board) safety pinned to the broadcloth.
i wash the cover every so often because it gets cruddy - and i am not a starch/sizing fanatic.
#20
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Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Upstate SC
Posts: 683
I know, I live in Upstate SC and we don't have much need for mittens either....I first used them to make a pacifier clip for a baby. One end of ribbon attaches to the pacifier, the other end gets a mitten clip to attach to baby's clothes. Falls out of their mouth but not to the floor. I had a few left over and came up with the idea of clipping on the ironing board cover. I think I got mine at Hobby Lobby, Michaels, Joanns, maybe even Walmart in the sewing notions department. Here is a link to Michaels that show what they look like.
http://www.michaels.com/suspender-mi...RoC5TMQAvD_BwE
Oh and I never thought of suspender clips until I saw these labeled as such.
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