How To Make An Ironing Board Cover

Two different tutorials here for Ironing board covers, the first is from U-handblog with a sewing tutorial for a SUPER Easy Ironing Board Cover:

You won’t need to make a casing, obtain cord for ties, or even thread a cord for the casing (which is fantastic for lazy busy ol’ me) because we are going to use the casing from the old IBC. Of course, in order to follow this tutorial the casing on your old IBC will need to be intact. If it isn’t you will need to make a cover with all new casing – and if that’s the case check out Anna’s IBC tutorial where she shows you how to start from scratch and not be lazy like me (and hers is a funky orange 70’s number).

All you need is your tired old ironing board cover to remove the casing from and sew to the new cover. How slick is that! Please visit the site for all the details.

The next feature is from Purl Bee with the project: How to Make an Ironing Board Cover. It starts off with two different methods for creating the pattern:

Before I threw away that old cover I used it as a template to make this new one.

And the other method starts out with (the project continues on with great detail)…

Lay pattern paper over ironing board so that it covers it completely. Use tape to hold it in place. Trace the outline of the board. Cut out your custom template.

Maybe I’m looking in the wrong places, but the ironing board covers available for purchase seem to be made of such thin fabric (and not much for selection). I ended up buying a pattern awhile ago for an ironing board cover but after reading Purl Bee’s excellent instructions, I’m doing a bit of forehead slapping & “DoH” right now .

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