Ironing Board Covers... do you wash them or throw them away?

Reply Subscribe

Page 4 of 10

« First

Last »

Thread Tools

10-22-2010, 04:34 AM

#31

paintbug

Junior Member

Join Date: Feb 2010

Location: western pa

Posts: 111

Oh, that really brought back memories. My Mother had one of those and I wish I could find one. It never seemed to wear out and like you said, it reflected the heat. "Thanks for the memories"

10-22-2010, 04:36 AM

#32

quiltmom04

Super Member

Join Date: Jan 2009

Location: PA

Posts: 2,879

Throw away. By the time they are that bad, they are usually scorched in some places too, and have adhesive build up that's difficult to remove. I LOVE a fresh new ironing board cover!

10-22-2010, 04:46 AM

#33

LittleMo

Junior Member

Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: Sunny Queensland

Posts: 229

I throw mine out, but I make my own from rubber backed curtain fabric which I pick up from charity shops for next to nothing. The fabric reflects the heat really well. I always make two at a time.

10-22-2010, 05:06 AM

#34

newestnana

Senior Member

Join Date: Nov 2009

Location: Brick, NJ

Posts: 819

Quote:

Originally Posted by JulieM

Thanks for the replies. The one I have on my ironing board has threads sticking to the surface from starching. I don't like to use my "quilting" cover when I am ironing slacks, blouses, etc.

I was afraid to wash it until now, for fear of damaging the washer..LOL

You iron slacks, blouses, etc? What kind of quilter are you, anyway? (LOL). I thought irons were supposed to be dedicated to sewing!

10-22-2010, 05:16 AM

#35

LINANN

Junior Member

Join Date: Apr 2009

Location: Hawthorne NJ

Posts: 122

I took a piece of plywood almost 36" square, laid a piece of batting on it then a piece of fabric. Gives more ironing room and keeps the starch off of the ironingboard cover.
Linda

10-22-2010, 05:25 AM

#36

bearisgray

Power Poster

Join Date: May 2008

Location: MN

Posts: 24,522

Wash them until they disintegrate.

For starching - the very few times I've done it - I put another layer of fabric over the ironing board cover - so then I can just pick it up and toss it - or put the fabrics to be starched/sized on a cookie sheet and spray them there.

I use my Big Board ironing surface as my cutting table - and my cat also "assists" - so I use a lint roller between washings to get stray stuff off the surface. Cutting lint - cat "lint"

10-22-2010, 05:30 AM

#37

fireworkslover

Super Member

Join Date: Oct 2009

Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota

Posts: 1,653

Quote:

Originally Posted by dotcomdtcm

Oh JanRN, we can only wonder what else you have kept for 40 years! LOL!

I can outdo her, my ironing board is 66 yrs. old. I got it from my Mom and she got it for a wedding shower gift. My parents celebrated their 66 wedding anniversary last June. I have made a larger board that fits over the top of it for a larger pressing surface for quilting.

10-22-2010, 05:46 AM

#38

patdesign

Super Member

Join Date: Mar 2010

Location: So. Fla now, Va orig

Posts: 1,565

Quote:

Originally Posted by JulieM

I have one that is stiff with starch. Just curious.

I wash mine, but all the new ones say DONT WASH, so I made mine, even the pattern, then I saw a sewing room accessories pattern that has one, can't remember whose pattern at the moment tho.

10-22-2010, 05:59 AM

#39

MarthaT

Senior Member

Join Date: Apr 2010

Location: South Alabama

Posts: 711

I have one of those heavy ones with rulers and grid printed on it etc. I priced a new one and decided to try washing it first before I put that kind of money into another one. It washed quite well and also shrunk it a little, so now it fits tighter than it did when it was dirty. Wash it. The worst thing that can happen is it will fall apart and you'll have to get a new one anyway.