I am sewing, I run back and forth to the pantry room,
where my ironing board resides. Too much trouble.
So..
I remembered, years ago I bought an old antique wooden
ironing board at an estate sale.. It has been in my closet,
for years.. here is the transformation:
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| Layers and layers of old fabric.. And underneath all that was a wool ironing board cover but it was crackling and dry rotted. All of this came off. |
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| I laid out several layers of quilting cotton on the floor and laid the ironing board on top.. I cut around the cotton, leaving enough to wrap over and tack it to the board. |
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| My new ironing board cover.. I wanted to be able to take it off and wash it.. So... I took 2 cotton fabrics, traced around the ironing board, [same way I did the cotton batting, above]. I put right sides together and sewed all the way around, leaving a small opening in the end, to be able to turn inside out. then pressed it. I turned it down about 2 inches and stitched it.[Making a casing for the rope] I put my cord in it. and left opening at the end, for my cords to come out. Drew it up around the ironing board, and it was all finished.. |
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| Here is my finished antique ironing board. A new life has begun for it. |
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| On the wooden legs, I saw that it said, National Washboard Company.. Wonder when and where , it came from??? |
