Remember I told you that I had wrecked my prior ironing pad with my transfer painted work in November and I had to make a new one? I finally did. :) It was pretty simple: I used a piece of the melamine boards I had cut for the tables (which meant it was the same width as the tables - perfect!), covered it with 3 or 4 layers of batting, a layer of insul-bright and this strippy-stripey blue/green/yellow striped fabric and I had a new pad! (I've used it already for transfer paint work and it's perfect. No heat getting through that sucker!)
I also made...
New covers for my sewing machines (much simpler than the other ones); a new cover for my mini-ironing board (same method as above) - I use this one for sewing clothes; and a little pin cushion/snips holder/thread catcher.
I wasn't sure whether I would actually use it so I didn't make the thread-catcher of my dreams (mostly 'cuz I didn't have any); but I actually use it a LOT. Who knew?
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Looks great....love the fabric.
ReplyDeleteAnother solution for the ironing pad would be to use an old towel (one that, in my world at least, would be recycled as a dog towel) under the fabric instead of the batting.
ReplyDeleteKit. You always make me smile. I can tell you had a ball doing these very useful projects and they came out great!!!
ReplyDeleteLooks great, Kit!
ReplyDeletehow cool to have all those items matching - lovely !
ReplyDeleteWhen I make ironing board covers for boards, I wrap the board in aluminum foil to help reflect the heat back up through the pad. Although I've done this for a long time, I've only recently wrapped a melamine board this way.
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