I bought a 2 x 4' piece of luann from Lowe's. Hubby nailed some wood scraps to the bottom side to act as stoppers so I can slide it over my ironing board and it stays put. I then stapled 1 layer of cotton batting, 1 layer of thermal batting, an ugly plaid cotton fabric and a final layer of the metallic ironing board fabric. It's very lightweight & I can easily store it.