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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

New Ironing Board Cover

This project was a quick one, started on Sunday night and finished yesterday.

Using the Moda Bake Shop tutorial as a guide, this is my finished project!

I cut four 5 inch strips (two pink, two yellow) and sewed them together, then cut them crosswise at 3.5 inches and made it into a checkerboard pattern.

To make the drawstring, I cut two strips of fabric 2.5 inches wide and sewed it on like one would sew on a binding, but instead of hand stitching the back, I just ran a cord through the loop in the "binding" and tied it in a bow where the start and end of the binding over lapped.



It is ever so slightly large (you really have to gather it quite a bit to get it snug) so I might trim it down a little bit. But it ended up very cute!

Hooray for completely finished projects!
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8 comments:

  1. LoriJanuary 11, 2012 at 9:13 AM

    It turned out great! I think my ironing board need a new one too.

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  2. DianeJanuary 13, 2012 at 9:12 AM

    Cute! Its so nice to have prety things around when we sew.

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  3. EileenJanuary 13, 2012 at 2:34 PM

    Oh that is so what I need to make. Love your fabric choice.

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  4. Sue DaurioJanuary 14, 2012 at 12:06 PM

    Oh I'd want to iron if I had that in my sewing room :)

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2012 at 3:24 PM

    A new ironing board cover is on my to-do list! Yours turned out fabulous!

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  6. Sarah CraigJanuary 14, 2012 at 9:20 PM

    That's so cute! You've inspired me to make one for mine, now that I have a new iron that doesn't spit!! Whoop whoop!!

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  7. Vicki @ DottyJaneJanuary 15, 2012 at 6:22 PM

    Awesome and functional...very cool!

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  8. KaiteMay 2, 2012 at 8:06 PM

    So cute! Now I really want to do this -- my current one is horrible.

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