It's been two years since I replaced my ironing board cover. Two years to get it to look like this:
Who knew water and starch and heat could get so ugly? Easy! Go to Wal-mart and get a new one...Not! Their 'standard' ironing board got shorter in the last couple of years. The last one I bought fit...the new one was 3 inches too short. So I made one out of some pretty blue fabric I had. It's cotton but not canvas so it probably will not last long but I have enough fabric to make ironing board covers until I'm 99 or so.
What I learned:
- it will fit better if it isn't too big; just cover the edge and add the seam allowance
- string pulled really tight will break; double the string
- thread stitched across the under-side to pull it tighter will break when the board is closed
- the bias cut 2 inches and folded in half worked great for holding the string
Who knew water and starch and heat could get so ugly? Easy! Go to Wal-mart and get a new one...Not! Their 'standard' ironing board got shorter in the last couple of years. The last one I bought fit...the new one was 3 inches too short. So I made one out of some pretty blue fabric I had. It's cotton but not canvas so it probably will not last long but I have enough fabric to make ironing board covers until I'm 99 or so.
What I learned:
1 comment:
I'm impressed that you were able to do that, barely walking and all! Canvas might be nice so you don't have to make one as often....
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