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My ironing board is living right now on the left side of my SM to support
whatever quilt I'm sewing. My little board (June Tailor Quilter's Square) is okay but only for little things. Truly desperate, I spied a hunk - about 60" square of the silver sort of cloth I bought for backing potholders.That project only lasted for part of a potholder. Just hold on, the discovery is coming. I took my folding cardboard cutting board - the kind we used to use for dressmaking, no good for rotary cutting - and folded the edges of the cloth around to the backside. Attached with duct tape. It sure is nice to be able to press a big area; would not be safe for leaving the iron down. So far, so good. I suppose I could buy another ironing board but I do have a reputation to maintain. Polly |
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Pauline O'Connell wrote:
Am I the only one that doesn't like this ironing board cover? Mine stained so badly whenever water spilled on it, it looks disgusting! Plus, it definitely retains the heat - more than I would like. When I tried to iron silks, it was very slippery (not that I iron a lot of silks, but still . . ..), so I don't like it for slippery type fabrics. Now, I see that it is coming apart from the edge, so I won't be buying another one. I'd be happier getting one from Target if that is my best choice, but I'll be curious to hear other feedback. I have a large Brabantia board, now over 20 years old and made of chip board. I upholster it. 1 layer of greaseproof/silicon paper 1 layer of foil to reflect heat 2 layers of 'ironing board felt' 1 layer of boiled heavy duty calico/muslin I lay the stuff down on the floor in reverse order, place the inverted ironing board on top, cut round it, and staple the calico to the back of the board with the trusty staple gun. It gives me a nice non slip firm padding that takes years to wear out. The calico can be replaced well before the rest if it gets stained. You can catch a glimpse of it in several pix on my site - especially in the ones with James doing his quilts and me doing the red beaded dress. -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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"Pauline O'Connell" wrote in message . com... Kathy, I think I just read that Scharffenberger is making milk chocolate now - I don't care for dark chocolate, although I know chocolate snobs say that is the only really good chocolate! Will you get a chance to go to New Pieces while you are here too? Pauline Yeah, they make a milk chocolate. But I'm allergic to milk, so count me with the chocolate snobs. I'm not sure I'll be able to fit in New Pieces. I can't make it to both New Pieces and Scharffen Berger before the meeting. The meeting is supposed to let out at 3, which means I'll need to hit the road immediately or be stuck in traffic for hours. But then, if the meeting gets out late, well there's no sense trying to leave Berkeley at 4, is there? Especially when there's New Pieces and Stone Mountain? *evil grin* -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply |
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In article ,
"Pauline O'Connell" wrote: Kathy, I think I just read that Scharffenberger is making milk chocolate now - I don't care for dark chocolate, although I know chocolate snobs say that is the only really good chocolate! They do make milk chocolate. It is still darker than most candybar brands of dark chocolate (like say, Hershey's special dark) so if you like light, milky milk chocolate, it still might be too dark for you. I think it's pretty yummy but their bittersweet is my favorite. marcella |
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The Brabantia cover to fit my board lasts a couple of years with hard use.
And even then it could go quite a lot longer, but I can't stand when it looks so grubby. (I am not a gentle ironing board owner.) Don't know how the price compares to Wally's. Roberta in D "Queen of Squishies" hicall80 @ mchsi.com wrote in message news:j53kd.317361$wV.168305@attbi_s54... Okay - sigh......... I am tired of buying a new ironing board cover at WalMart every 3 or 4 months. I need one that will serve a QUILTER! What have you guys found, and where, that you liked and that lasted? Karen, Queen of Squishies -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ * We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar Wilde * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ www.SimplyMusic.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 12:53:35 GMT, "Queen of Squishies" hicall80 @
mchsi.com wrote: Okay - sigh......... I am tired of buying a new ironing board cover at WalMart every 3 or 4 months. I need one that will serve a QUILTER! What have you guys found, and where, that you liked and that lasted? Karen, Queen of Squishies I took an old wool blanket - about 50 pence in a church sale - and covered the iron board with that. On top of that, I put an old sheet. I sewed the whole contraption together across the bottom. The wool really reflects the heat, and it was cheaper than one of those silver things. -- Jo in Scotland |
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For??
jessamy _ this darned keyboard is still no good and never will be - it is somehow mucking up the system all o its own - too wierd!! "Queen of Squishies" hicall80 @ mchsi.com schreef in bericht news:226kd.386417$D%.300253@attbi_s51... Jessamy, you have my address, right?............ Karen, Queen of Squishies -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ * We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar Wilde * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ www.SimplyMusic.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I made my own from good quality, but cheap cotton and I used my usual batting underneath - it can take anything a quilt can -- Jessamy |
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Silly girl. For making me my own ironing board cover! ; )
Karen, Queen of Squishies -- For?? jessamy _ Jessamy, you have my address, right?............ Karen, Queen of Squishies I made my own from good quality, but cheap cotton and I used my usual batting underneath - it can take anything a quilt can -- Jessamy |
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ok but you have to send me your ironing board first so I can make it fit
perfectly -- Jessamy ( darn these keyboards! I'm on my third in three weeks!) In The Netherlands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Silly girl. For making me my own ironing board cover! ; ) Karen, Queen of Squishies -- For?? jessamy _ |
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