Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Libby is challenging us to show our ironing boards. I commented on her blog that my ironing board was still packed away. She replied and told me to find an old photo and post it. Instead I pulled out the ironing board on Sunday while I was Playing with Pink. This morning I took photos of my ironing board. Here's the board scrunched into a space.
Here's a close-up of the cover. If you look very, very hard you can see the stitchery pattern that was accidentally transferred onto the cover instead of the fabric. The transfer is slowly coming off, but it's no big deal.
I want to make a big ironing mat for the top of my island. A couple summers ago I purchased ironing board fabric from Iron E-Z, #2019. The fabric is heat resistant. Now I just need to a piece of wood to cover with batting and the fabric and I can put my regular ironing board to rest.

It's snowing here again tonight. I've lost count of how much snow we've received this year, but I know we are way ahead of our normal snowfall amounts. That's OK with me. I love the snow.

I'm have a quilting condo/house warming party the weekend of March 8 and 9. Some friends are coming over and we are going to play in my new studio. Would you like to join us on-line? We should have a lot of fun. Stay tuned for details.

6 comments:

Nancy said...

Your ironing board cover looks great. I can barely see the imprint....

I need to cover mine again. I have a big board, so I just turn it end to end to get a clean area. LOL

Libby said...

That's just the kind of thing that I love about ironing boards . . . they take on our projects and a little of our personality, too *s* Thanks for playing.

Quilting Pirate said...

I like your ironing board cover - very hip! :D

What a nice and wonderful idea - housewarming/quilting party! I'm sure it will be a lot of fun!!

Wendy said...

The ironing board looks great, can't even see the markings.

Have a great time friends celebrating your new sewing room.

Colleen formerly of South Africa said...

Hope the packing/er unpacking hasn't kept you too tired to sew. Just finished dd's baby quilt.Only have to put on the label. Yeah!

julieQ said...

I just cover my ironing board with pieces of old sheets now...yours looks much better!!Have fun at your party!