gsbuffalo

great job.

starshine

Kudos to a great solution! Nice tribute to historic quilter's making use of what one has, and making do!

gabeway

Looking good.

Snooze2978

Great way to use up older fabrics and elastic. I cringe at the prices they want for covers too. I found some suspender type things to tighten up the cover from under neath similar to what you did with the elastic. Had them once upon a time but couldn't find them when I moved so started looking for them again. I think I found them online......probably at Nancy's Notion or Annie's Catalog. They come in a set of 3 in different lengths so you can position them in 3 locations where necessary. Sure keeps my cover where it belongs for me.

red-warrior

What a great idea and prettier than most of the store bought!

citruscountyquilter

I have two houses and two ironing boards. At the one house is a wooden ironing board that my parents received as a wedding present in 1938. The other house has a heavy metal ironing board that I found at a thrift shop that given the design is most likely from the 1950's. Both of those ironing boards are longer than the covers you can find today so when the time comes that they need to be recovered I will need to make my own cover. The pad on the one I got at the thrift store is an old wool blanket.

I read somewhere - think it was on Quilting Board - that someone used a canvas drop cloth they had gotten at someplace like Harbor Freight to cover an ironing board. Not as pretty as yours but certainly economical.

Thanks for sharing your picture and handiwork!

Geri B

I have made covers for mine too, but I sew a channel all around, then feed thru a selvedge strip, pull til taut, then tie.....

trolleystation

Good thinking and good use of stash materials. Reminds me to recover my ironing board.

Momo

Yeah for you. I think it looks great and hope it serves you for a very long time. Thanks for sharing.

farmquilter

I would think the plain canvas drop cloth could have lines/squares etc added on with permanent pen to square up blocks. I have a rectangle pre-printed one with the lines on and love that part for ironing/pressing.

Quilters need to save money for more fabric, good job on the pretty cover. You can use the lines to make sure things are pressed straight.