coconuts

I woncered if there is a tutorial for making a large ironing board or if some one can help with directions, Thanks

Yarn or Fabric

You will love yours!
I made one.

It's easy peasy
I took a piece of plywood, cut to the length I wanted and I rounded the corners so they weren't so pokey.

Lay your cotton material (I used stripes cause I had it in canvas and it was fun to look at) that is about 3-4" bigger than your board on each side.

Put 2 thicknesses of cotton batting on that,
Lay your board on that.
Take a staple gun and wrap around the fabric and staple... all the way on one side - then do the other side, stretching the material as you go.

Then do the short ends the same way - pulling, and stretching to get it tight.

I then took pieces of 1x2" boards, cut in to 4 pieces,
Lay your ironing board on top and mark where you should put your cut pieces of wood - I put one on each side of the length of it and one on each side of where the ironing board tapers... then nail them in place.

Bam! You got a kickin' ironing board that other quilters are jealous of! I know that my sewing group loves my ironing board!

Melinda in Tulsa

I just made on last week out of an old piece of plywood that was just hanging around in the barn. I used 2 layers of batting and duck cloth on top. Hardest part I had was cutting the plywood! I made mine 24 x 60. Cost me NOTHING as I had all the materials needed!

dkabasketlady

Could you post pics of yours? Yarn or Fabric AND Melinda in Tulsa??

coconuts

Thank you so much, I have the board, but didn't know how to layer the fabrics. Top with either duck cloth or cotton canvas?

Vanuatu Jill

I was wanting a large ironing board too! Since my DH and two DS's are all in construction, I might have a chance of getting their help! I LOVE this site!!!

QKO

I just did a google search on "big board ironing board" and came up with lots of hits. Some for sale, expensive, lots of "how I did it" stories with pictures. Some of the hits were from this site.

Try it! :thumbup:

Yarn or Fabric

Here are a few pics.
I assume you wanted to see the back side of mine...
I lowered the ironing board to the floor for the second one. just to be able to get a top view but I'm sure you all can get the idea of it.

For me, since space is an issue, I cut my plywood at 18"x48. I was able to get the half sheet of plywood from Home Depot and I gave the other half to a friend months ago. She never did make hers...

But.... it works for me. I like it a lot. If I had more room, I would have loved one bigger but I think it's just right. I also keep a table top one I got from Ikea for like $3 or so a few years back. That one sits by my cutting table while I'm in my craft room - I don't have room for my big ironing board in the craft room...

Melinda in Tulsa

I wish I could post a picture but alas I have hid my camara from myself. It was very easy to make.

I cut a piece of plywood 24x60, (Measure your ironing board and the place you will have it set up for YOUR measurements that fit for you. I think others have made them 22x60.) I laid my ironing board on top and nailed 4 short pieces of 2x2 on all 4 sides of the ironing board so that it fit snug, but not tight. I turned it right side up and put 2 layers of batting on it and stretched and stapled it down with a staple gun, mitering the corners.

Then I put a piece of duck cloth on and stapled it down the same way. I think you could use any type of cotton for the covering. I just had duck cloth that I wasn't using so that is what I made the top cover from.

Believe me, the hardest part was using the circular saw out in the hot barn!!! And since I already had everything, it cost me nothing. This was not a new piece plywood. I had to sweep all the cobwebs, dust and dirtdobber's nests off of it before cutting it and bringing it in the house! Hope this helps. Let me know if you need more info.

AlienQuilter

That's really neat! Thank you!

I just checked over in Tutorials and no one has posted a tutorial on this. Any chance you could post it over there? It would make it really easy to find later on.

Quilters can be so creative!