Tales From the Box

A story of a beach house in the Blue Mountains

Ironing out the kinks

January 08th, 2012 | Category: Box Tales,Homemade

I really should have taken some “before” pics, just to show you how bad my old ironing board cover was. To give you an idea, my husband made fun of how “shiny” the fabric had become, and a friend asked if I had set it on fire. It was one of those things that you don’t really notice until someone draws your attention to it. When I took the old cover off, the fabric was as stiff as a board (pun not intended, but couldn’t really be helped). Ridiculous.

And I know I could have just bought another cover, but I found a tutorial for making one, so I gave it a go. It’s pretty self-explanatory (use the old cover as the pattern, cut, sew a casing for the thread or elastic). Except that I’m impatient and wasn’t concentrating, and made it a bit too small. Technically it does fit, but it bugs me, so I think I’ll make another one.

The hardest part was threading the elastic through the casing, simply because it was so long. But I love the result, it almost makes ironing enjoyable. Oh, and the fabric is from Ikea.

6 comments

6 Comments so far

  1. Leanne January 8th, 2012 2:20 am

    Looks great!

  2. Bron January 8th, 2012 2:32 pm

    Hi Jo, what a great job! I may have to get you to make me one :-) Have you tried sewing the elastic straight on to the fabric, pulling it as you go, so that you don’t have to worry about a casing?

  3. Dad January 8th, 2012 4:10 pm

    Can I now bring over some of my shirts?

  4. Jen January 8th, 2012 6:47 pm

    Hooray! A blog update! (and great cover, too, btw!)

  5. Nadine January 8th, 2012 11:44 pm

    Like! :)

  6. joweatherhead January 9th, 2012 2:13 am

    Yes Bron, I thought about it – after I had already threaded it through the casing! I think I will try that next time.

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