No pattern needed- Ironing board cover

Please see the free patterns section for the complete pattern. :cheerful:

Materials:
-fabric for the cover- I used home dec that I washed and dried on hot. You can also use any quality cotton quilting fabric. Make sure to iron it before you destroy your old ironing cover!
-batting- I used 1 layer of Insul-bright and 1 layer of Thermolam (mostly because that was the batting I had on hand)
***You may want to add extra layers of batting here. Pre-shrunk cotton batting would work great!***
-1" diaper foe (fold over elastic)
-sewing marker or chalk

You will use your ironing board as a template so no pattern is needed. You just need a large, clean workspace.

Step 1: Remove your old cover. Mine also had a paper thin piece of foam that was not helping. I removed that, too.

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Step 2: Turn your ironing board upside down on your batting. Use your ironing board to make a pattern. Do this for all batting, and cut out with no seam allowances.

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Step 3: Serge all of your batting together. If you do not have a serger, you can do a straight stitch and zig-zag the edges. Put finished batting piece aside.

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Step 4: Use your ironing board as a template on your main fabric. Make sure you have extra room on all sides. Do NOT cut out.
**If you were smart, you ironed it before you got to this step. I forgot!

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Step 5: Using your batting covered ironing board (the batting will fit right over the board), measure the sides. Add .75"-1" to the side total. You will add this amount to all sides. Cut off excess.

**Following picture does not match text, but it gives you the right idea**
I added 2" all around, and that made my cover saggy in places. I went back and altered the front adding just .75 inch, and it fit perfectly.

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Step 6: Add foe all around. I pulled the foe pretty tight, and I sewed it using a multi-zig zag stitch. You could also use a wide zig zag.

Start by leaving a 3-4 inch tail, and sew foe all around pulling it pretty tight (hold fabric at front and back of the machine).

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When you are 2-3 inches from the tail, take fabric off the sewing machine. Match up right sides, sew a straight stitch, and cut off excess. Now you will have a length of binding that will be a perfect fit. Sorry for the blurry pics here. Finish sewing the rest of the foe on your cover.

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You are finished!

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If you made your cover tight enough, it will fit snug over the batting layers and ironing board. I chose not to attach the batting and cover to make it easier to wash. I have been using an inferior board cover with basically the same set up for years just fine. If you would like to attach them, that is also allowed.

That's awesome-and will be used here very shortly. Can I buy Insul-brite at JAs?

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Originally Posted by aprilwood11

That's awesome-and will be used here very shortly. Can I buy Insul-brite at JAs?

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Yes! It is with the interfacings.

great...I was looking for a pattern for my old ironing board...this will work great!

It looks great. I just bought a new cover last week. Guess I should have waited a bit. ;) I'm sure I'll be able to use this in the future, though.

Thank for the great tute!

My board is in desperate need of a new cover! THANKS!