So...my ironing board fell apart. It's a crappy little one that we got when we were first married because we didn't have room for a regular sized one. I like this ironing board, it's easy to move to where I'm sewing, it has a home in the laundry room but who am I kidding I never use it to iron clothes...ever. I want to keep it so my only choice was to re-cover it.
You can see the string they used as a cinching device, terrible!
Create a pattern from the foam
Cut out pattern. Take some elastic and measure around the outside of the ironing board, pull as tight as you can!
Place your elastic at 1/4", stitch in place with 1-2 stiches only, now using the largest zig zag setting I stitch over the top of the elastic...DO NOT SEW ON THE ELASTIC!
As you sew pull the elastic tight (the back should start cinching) It should look all fancy and pretty like mine :) No one will see the bottom I promise!
I hate HATE when the bobbin runs out, such a pain to stop what you are doing!
Resume sewing, stitch the very end of the elastic in the same fashion as the begining 1-2 stitches. Finished product ready for stretching!
BOOM.
Makes me want to recover mine and nothing is wrong with it. :-) Good job!
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