Watson

I've been looking at the wool ironing board covers and they are quite pricey.
I've also been looking at the 10 yards of 100% wool batting that have been stuffed under my sewing table since I got them on a blow out price of $5.99/m a few years ago...I'm still not sure it wasn't priced wrong.
I'm wondering if I could cut a few pieces of the batting to size, baste them together into a pad and then put them under my ironing board cover and voila...wool ironing board cover.
What do you think? Or am I just being cheap and should buy a real one?

Watson

wool ironing board

tropit

Yeah...go for it! I think it's a great idea! You're not being cheap, you're being resourceful.

jmoore

Only one way to find out...keep us posted! 😎

tranum

I used layers of old wool army blanket that my parents had & it works fine.

thimblebug6000

I don't know if it was just a coincidence, but I had been logged in and posting, and after I clicked on your link, I had to log back into the site? Anyway that was interesting to see that they put the wool under their iron board cover. I thought the reason the wool worked so well for people was because you were pressing directly on it, hmmm.

deborahscanlon

That is what I thought too. Also, I don't understand the wool craze. I don't own a wool pressing pad so I'm not qualified to offer an opinion on its value since what I've been taught is if something isn't pressing well, press on something hard not soft. Maybe someone could enlighten me on the value of wool.

mcadwell

Here's more info on pressing on wool. I have found it does make ironing go faster.
https://suzyquilts.com/an-honest-rev...pressing-mats/

aashley333

I'm new to using a wool mat, but I can definitely see a sharper, crisper feel to my pressed seams!

I read the reviews, pros, and cons from the "honest review" website. Some seamstresses covered theirs with a pillowcase, like an ironing board cover. I like that idea. Others suggested 30x30 horse pads. They were on sale for $23, but shipping was $8 at the stateline site they mentioned. I think I'll check the local feed store!

Waal

I also cut up an old army wool blanket my husband got when he was in the service and put two layers of it on my ironing board. I iron directly on the wool, and it works great. I also put it on a small pressing board I have by my sewing machine.

oksewglad

Watson, do you think you may need to wash it to compress the fibers?

I use a wool pressing mat at work (LQS) and love it, I definitely noticed crisper seams.

So frugal me found some wool fabric in my stash and made my own. I also had a piece of finely woven wool gabardine and made a case cover for the small pad near my machine to keep the pad clean. For my large antique wooden board I had piece of wool over 50 years old; washed and dried it and used that.