Wednesday, February 16

Little makeover

Recently, I stumbled upon an Etsy store that sells ironing board covers. Looking at those cute covers make me more painfully aware about my ironing board being in great need of a makeover.

OK ... it's eww, not from dirt but from a couple of burn marks and goop from Wonderunder, hem tape and other interfacing oopsies. That doesn't wash off. Paying $15 for an ugly new ironing board cover.... nope, paying $25 for a cute one, I don't think so. So I made one. 

I just used the ugly one as a pattern and cut 2 layers of cotton quilt batting and the top fabric to the same size.  I then stitched all 3 layers together and then used a left over 3" strip from a quilt binding to make the channel. Then I made a cord out of green bias tape stitched together lengthwise that I threaded through the channel and tada this is the new look : 


Not as fancy as those I saw on Etsy, but prettier than a store bought one and  a vast improvement over the sad look of the previous cover 
Bonus: only took an hour. Oh and it cost under $2. 
- Left over cotton batting for padding : $0.50
- Left over green stripped for channel : $1.25
- Donated pink stripped fabric - free
- Donated green bias tape - free
- Donated thread
Oh I so like friend sewer/quilters that de-stash after finishing a project. And I like my ironing board a lot more too. 


One last time side by side : 



And here it is in action with my latest project 
Yes a new quilt is brewing
120 blocks at the ready

18 comments:

  1. yes...a vast improvement! thanks for the idea.

    blessings,

    alison
    stuff and nonsense

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  2. Good for you using what you already had on hand! And the new one looks so much better!
    Thanks for sharing!

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  3. Shoot. You called me out. Mine is bad ... I suppose I better get sewing.

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  4. oh wow what a difference, I'd be more willing to iron if my board looked that pretty.

    Can't wait to see your finished quilt. I have yet to try quilting. It looks like so much fun, one day I'll be able to try it.

    Hope you're having a great week!

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  5. This is a great reminder I need a new iron cover. Great job!

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  6. for a minute i was wondering how you got a picture of my ironing board! This is a great project, just the inspiration I need to get one done.

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  7. Love this idea but I don't use it much:) Thanks for posting I may do it!

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  8. How cute! My ironing board cover looks like a twin to your old one! I have been thinking of making a new one. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  9. Ah! I need to do this! I wish I could understand your directions...I'm that sewing-illiterate! I'll have to try it, though. I love your fabric---and the fact that it was free and easy for you! Great job!

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  10. you did a nice job on this very pretty

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  11. Love it! I was actually thinking I need to make my own ironing board covers for my store (Sewtropolis). The covers I have now are the ones that came with it when I bought it and they are a little embarrassing. :-{

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  12. Too lazy to iron here, but if I owned an ironing board...ummm...sorry, that was beginning to get too depressing!

    Really, this turned out wonderfully :)

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  13. Oh my cover looks 10 x worse than your before! I so need to do this plus spray paint the blue legs!

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  14. Looks great! My ironing board has a burn on it courtesy of my husband. My mom doesn't believe me and says I did it. Thanks mom. Either way, I need to make one of these! Thanks for shsaring.

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  15. My ironing borad cover is pathetic. Thanks for the push to make a new one!

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  16. Hi, Caroline! thanks for linking up last week! hope to see you again this week! have a nice weekend!

    http://tosewwithlove.blogspot.com/2011/02/crafty-saturday-link-up-party-no-9.html

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  17. What a Great idea! We are in the middle of prettifying our laundry room.Stopping by from 504 Main :)

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  18. A new cover on a simple household necessity can do so much for the spirits!

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