Quality ironing board cover

lid (joy=A0beeson)
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A drawstring doesn't hold very well on a long, narrow shape, so I
threaded carpet warp (cotton string) into a very large needle, and, in
three places under the board, took a stitch across and tied the ends
together with a surgeon's knot.
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Joy,
I wonder if you could sew some little metal rings along the underside
(reinforce the edges first--w/ heavyweight bond on interfacing?)
and then run cording ziz-zag, side-to-side, tying off at each end?
Although I use a huge padded (with wool blankets) table for both
cutting and ironing/pressing, I own one of those nice, heavy-duty steel
gridded ironing boards. It's stashed. Saving it for the day when I get a
reeeeely big workroom, I suppose. :) Anyway, I remember the frustration
of those goofy little drawstrings they insert along the edges of
pre-made covers. Your description of making a perfect pressing surface
is right on. I have seen a heavier silver ironing board cloth for sale
in Joanne Fabrics. Constructed the way you describe, it would be a good
pressing surface.
I have scads of those little wood pressing doo-dads, which I use for
corners, points, etc, as well as hams, wood dowels, and a couple of
those cheap little mini ironing boards, which I set atop the cutting
table, and use for ironing shirts and dresses I intend to splurge on a
fer real press one day, as well as a gravity-feed iron.
Cea

For Christmas one year, my father gave me a cheap cotton ironing board
cover with a print of a naked man on it. It's falling apart, but I keep
on fixing it because I love my naked man. lol

Underneath him is a nice cover that I bought at a sewing expo. Sorry that
I can't remember what it's made of, but it's heavy-duty, slippery-but-
not-teflon, and distributes heat very well. it's lasted for about 10 years
now, and hardly shows its age.
Well heck, put a naked man over me and I wouldn't show my age either!

*snicker*
Jane

For the cover, I used a bit of heavy grey cotton drill that I'd bought to make
tough school pants for DS. It's lasted all these - hmmm - ten years! It's grey,
which is nice: I'm not a fan of those big, blowsy, frowsy floral prints! It just
has a hem on it and I threaded some stout nylon cord through that to pull it
tight.

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Trish {|:-}
Newcastle, NSW, Australia