I have been procrastinating on replacing my ironing board pad and then suddenly (not actually suddenly) it was time to apply a bunch of fusible interfacing. D’oh! Instead of drIving 50 miles round trip to a store where I could buy one or wait a few days until one could be delivered, I decided to dig out my Insulbrite scraps and cobble a small pressing pad together!
It’s not a great long term solution, but these two pieces worked just fine for my current project with minimal trimming or other fuss/muss - just a bit of extra wide zigzag stitch. YEY!
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AIMR
(Linda -In the year 2025, I am happy to be alive! :us:)
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Good impromptu solution!
Ugh…I also need a new iron board cover…I have been using a small tabletop one that is working for big projects~
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Lynx
(In a world where you can be anything, be kind.)
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Oh, I will cry the day I need a new ironing board cover. The one I am using now was made for me in an Instagram mashup swap (Doctor Who and BigBangTheory) and it has some paper pieced elements and is super awesome!
That stuff is the best for an ironing pad! You just reminded me that I used it to make a couple of them a while ago. I press on it often even though I have a regular sized board and a table top. It’s just such a handy surface!
Well, I just popped over to your link and yours are the opposite of “quick & dirty”! I do think that I will get more of the stuff at the next sale or with a good coupon and make my own ironing board pad after looking around at them online.
when I moved into my current house and didn’t have a convenient spot to store an ironing board I bought an ironing mat to put on my dryer. it has magnets in it to keep it in place and looks just like this material.
At the time I had no idea I could but the stuff and make my own.
