Need help with ironing board cover
#1
Need help with ironing board cover
I'm in the process of turning a dresser into an ironing station. Should I use one or two layers of batting first, then silver cloth, then any cotton? I assume Warm & Natural will work for the batting.
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I covered a piece of MDF to make a pressing board, and i covered it with a towel and then W&N batting to keep heat and steam from warping the board. Someone here made a new cover for her ironing board and used actual ironing board cover fabric she got at Joann's. Mine is topped with regular cotton fabric.
My new quilting room is under construction, and I'm excited to have a really big ironing station - good luck!
My new quilting room is under construction, and I'm excited to have a really big ironing station - good luck!
#7
I have an ironing pad I made to fit my cutting table. I used one layer of warm & natural and one layer of insul brite, plus the silver fabric on top (regular fabric on the back). It works great but it does get hot underneath, and strangely (since I don't use steam and rarely use water), wet underneath. I'm in the process of covering a board for an ironing table and am planning to just use one layer of insul brite (some say not to use it but I've noticed improved pressing with it) and twill fabric since it's going on what is going to be a permanent ironing board rather than just being a pad.
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Mechanicsville, IA
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In a smaller version I took a $10.00 oak folding tray from Wal-Mart and covered it with 2 layers of Quilters Dream Deluxe Batting. It is heavier than the Select weight and I would assume heavier than the Warm and Natural. Then I put on a layer of cotton duck and stapled it to the bottom. It goes with me whenever I go sewing. I don't think the "silver" stuff would be necessary.
#9
I covered a piece of MDF to make a pressing board, and i covered it with a towel and then W&N batting to keep heat and steam from warping the board. Someone here made a new cover for her ironing board and used actual ironing board cover fabric she got at Joann's. Mine is topped with regular cotton fabric.
My new quilting room is under construction, and I'm excited to have a really big ironing station - good luck!
My new quilting room is under construction, and I'm excited to have a really big ironing station - good luck!
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