Ironing board fiasco
#43
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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WOW!! What if you used your mattress pad and the aluminum foil and cut your sheet cover a bit bigger then made a casing to run narrrow elastic thru and then you could easily remove it to launder!!??!! I will try this for a quilters ironing surface...I make my regular ironing board covers with elastic in them to fit. Just leave a longer tail of elastic to tie it down tight. Sometimes I can not undo the knot to reuse but i keep lots of elastic around...
#44
My husband solved the warping problem with a sheet of 3/4" masonite board. It's heavy, but it works. He built me a table that it covers. It's 3x4 ft - I used an old wool blanket on mine, just under the padding which is the padding made for hot pads. Then I used regular old everyday muslin and put a gridded cover on that. I use a staple gun when I have to recover. The grid fabric I get from the fabric store. Works great.
Then I made a board to carry with me when I go away - even has a carrying handle. It's about 2 ft by 15/16 inches wide, and even has little feetsies so it won't slide. Perfect. Then, I made a third one, about 12x12 inches to sit beside my sewing machine. Love to iron !!
Then I made a board to carry with me when I go away - even has a carrying handle. It's about 2 ft by 15/16 inches wide, and even has little feetsies so it won't slide. Perfect. Then, I made a third one, about 12x12 inches to sit beside my sewing machine. Love to iron !!
#47
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Tucson AZ
Posts: 383
Originally Posted by G'ma Kay
So... my FIL has a scrap piece of plywood, 22 X 48 just perfect for my sewing table pressing board. I'm so excited! I use an old mattress pad for the padding, an old sheet for the cover, my DH's staple gun to put it all together and turn it over and .... Wallah! The staples are too long because it's 1/4 inch plywood. It pokes through the cover on the top. I pulled them all out and will have to think on this one a while.
#50
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Baileys Prairie, Texas
Posts: 294
I made my "big" "big" board out of 1/2 plywood. Covered it with leftover batting and covered with a old cotton sheet. I zig-zaged a draw string around the edges (just like my ironing board) and tightened it up. I put in on a 2x4 table from Sams and away we go. I still take my old big board when I go to retreats. I just like the set up better than ironing on a regular ironing board. I guess I am spoiled.
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