I got a big board the folds in half so it is easy to store. I love mine as it is so easy to iron yardage. I wish it had more cushion to it, but then it may not fold in half as easily.
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I got a big board the folds in half so it is easy to store. I love mine as it is so easy to iron yardage. I wish it had more cushion to it, but then it may not fold in half as easily.
Penny
just freshened mine up new top.
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DH made mine quite a few years ago and I really like it. Not sure what he made it out of.
I have a big board and it is one of the best purchases I've made! I can't imagine what took me so long. I was at our second home over the holidays and had to use a regular ironing board and wondered how I put up with it all those years. It is wonderful to be able to lay the full width of fabric (selvage to selvage) out to iron.
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I purchased a big board at a quilt show and love having it. I do have an issue with stuff accumulating on one end of the board. I do believe that they would be a fairly easy home project.
Lisa
I use a June Taylor big board Ironing cover but never bought the board, just used a piece of plywood.
A Good Friend, like an old quilt, is both a Treasure and a Comfort
After seeing a Big Board for $100.00 in a catalog, my DH and I figured a way to make it for far less. That was about 15 years ago and it is still going strong. We used plywood, thick cotton batting and denim weight muslin. Then I used a nice cotton fabric as a cover. It's been changed several times. It is now on top of a dresser, perfect for ironing fabric from selvage to selvage.
I am laughing. My son-in-law is going to make me one as a delayed Christmas gift. Last fall my daughter and I used one at a quilt retreat this fall. We turned to each other and said, "Bob could make one of these!" And now he is make two! Good guy! It will have guides on the bottom so it will be stable but will not be permanently attached to the ironing board itself. I am a very happy quilter.
Last edited by WMUTeach; 01-08-2016 at 03:59 AM.
My husband made one for my birthday a few years ago. He used furniture grade plywood, and I layered it with 2 layers of W/N batting and the silver ironing board fabric before topping it with 100% cotton home dec fabric. I love mine. We followed a tutorial found here on QB, and it just friction fits over the top of my regular board. Since making mine, 2 of my quilting buddies have asked for help making one. My friends picked out a lower grade (sheathing type plywood) for $20 per sheet and we had it cut to size at Home Depot. My DH screwed on the braces, and my friends and I did the 'upholstering' of the top. I don't think they notice the difference in the plywood, but I definitely notice that theirs don't seem to lay as flat.
I bought a big board at the quilt show in Suhumberg IL.
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