Small Ironing Board for Sewing Room - Need Suggestions, Please
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I bought a small table top ironing board located in dorm supplies at JoAnn's a couple of years ago. Fits nicely on top my table. I have recovered it a couple of times and added more padding. It's made to hang on the back of a dorm door and has a dry erase board on the back.
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What a bunch of great replys! and pictures.
Empty bins? Not a problem for a quilter, they will soon be filled and you will want More empty bins, LOL.
My hubby made me a 'big board' as requested one year for Christmas, Love it, however wood will warp when it has lots of steam applied........ask me how I know.......so since we've turned it around and put limited amounts of aluminum foil directly on the wood, covered by 1 thickness of insulbrite and removable ironing board fabric that I put elastic on, I've had good success.
Oh BTW: I have also marked the edge of my big board cover with magic marker to measure 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 yard increments so if I need to do a quick check to see how big that scrap is I can do so without hunting down my measuring tape [that should tell you how often my measuring items go missing.
Empty bins? Not a problem for a quilter, they will soon be filled and you will want More empty bins, LOL.
My hubby made me a 'big board' as requested one year for Christmas, Love it, however wood will warp when it has lots of steam applied........ask me how I know.......so since we've turned it around and put limited amounts of aluminum foil directly on the wood, covered by 1 thickness of insulbrite and removable ironing board fabric that I put elastic on, I've had good success.
Oh BTW: I have also marked the edge of my big board cover with magic marker to measure 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 yard increments so if I need to do a quick check to see how big that scrap is I can do so without hunting down my measuring tape [that should tell you how often my measuring items go missing.
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Years ago, I had only a very small breakfast nook in our townhouse to sew in. I got a wooden ironing board that fastened on the wall and dropped down. I was excellent because it could be moved up and out of the way when not in use.
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I was just looking through the April/May 2013 Thread magazine and on page 13 they have a cute pressing board. I was thinking you could take something like this and attached it to a TV tray to keep by your side. I t would be like Sak's but you wouldn't have to make. I am thinking of making myself Sak's kind. Very handy then won't have to take the big ironing board out. Does anyone use one of the small irons (I think it is a seaming iron). If so, how does it work for you.
#58
I was at the thrift store today and bought a wooden TV dinner tray that folds away. I'm turning it into a mini ironing board for the living room with cotton batting and a cover. I can make the cover easily enough, I'll put it next to my Singer 201 in the living room.
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Yes, I have one that could be your's twin. I used one layer of teflon fabric, shiny side up, a layer of insulbright, and a layer of 100% cotton batting. I covered all that with a two layers of plain muslin and used the staple gun to secure all the layers. Then I got some pillow ticking and made a removable / washable cover for it. I used grommets and cotton laundry cording, which is also replaceable. One of my friends made her top with elastic, but I felt like it didn't keep the top as taut as I wanted mine to be. And I usually lay a piece of plain muslin on top of the ticking if I am starching a lot of pieces to keep as much spray starch off of it as I can.
I love mine that I made from wooden tv tray from Walmart..around $7. sure is convenient by my machine..used aluminum foil next to wood..then 2 layers of batting and then fabric..made it with elastic around the edge[ATTACH=CONFIG]430773[/ATTACH] so I can slip it off to wash...
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