Wednesday, October 13, 2010

The Great Cover-Up

 Sinta and Sherri as part of Le Petite (a year of small projects) challenged participants to make a new ironing board cover as our first project. I was determined to use only items found in my sewing room. I remembered some left-over blocks from a completed project. Of course, I couldn't find them. I have a drawer that is reserved for stray blocks, but these 9 patches were not to be found. So I continued digging. I found some string pieced blocks from a very early quilting project. I liked the color and by combining some of the blocks this  made the blocks wide enough for the ironing board. I like a light colored ironing board cover. This blue and white yardage ( that I have no idea where or why it is in my stash ) coordinated nicely with the string blocks. I added some Insul-brite (batting/interfacing/reflects heat). I meant to add additional batting over this, but I remembered after I had finished the project. 


My ironing board cover is not bad for a first attempt. I absolutely love that I was able to use unwanted items from my sewing room. My ironing board looks much better. I know I can improve on this project the next time I need to add new life to my ironing board cover :)


3 comments:

Charlene S said...

Great looking board and nothing bought. I think that is perfect.Next time it will be a snap.

Maggey and Jim said...

Great job, you have inspired me.........
Maggey

Stray Stitches (Linda G) said...

Great way to use forgotten blocks! Who says an ironing board has to be ugly?