Old 10-22-2010, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ghostrider
Originally Posted by fireworkslover
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.
Well, if we're comparing the age of the ironing board, not the cover, I want to play. The one in my studio is one of those antique all wooden ones. :lol:
Good, thought I was the only one. I got it at an antique auction and used it upstairs with one of those table top boards on top of it. I just can't get rid of it. It has a 16" board as its top, do you know how hard it is to find a 16" board? I'm thinking of hanging it, folded up, on a wall as decoration (I have many antiques as decorations)

I saw in this thread, something that's verifying my suspicions. My husband made me a board, about 3 ft wide and 4-5 ft long, that I padded with some old cushy type washable wooly type fabric, and then covered with that aluminun colored ironing board fabric that I got at Joann's. 2 months ago. Growing up, I'm 52, we just used ironing board covers made with this kind of stuff, no fabric cover over it, but this one seems to be of a lesser quality, it's already getting wear holes in it. Just today we went out and bought staples for the staple gun to attach a muslin cover over the cover. I'm thinking that stuff I got at Joann's is not nearly as durable as what I used when I was a kid. Am I right?
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