Thank you for this tutorial, it popped up just in time for me as I have a mini table top ironing board that I use in the sewing room that needs a cover. I would not have known to press the batting first and all the work would have been for nothing if you hadn't shared this tutorial, I would have ended up with a very thin pressing surface after a very short time of use. Thank you so much 🤗
Love this idea. Never thought of aluminum foil over the wood. This is more space saving and convenient than the TV tray ironing cover I made. Thanks so much.
You are so clever and knowledgeable! Your ideas for projects and how to execute them amaze me! I enjoy watching your videos and learning from them. Thanks for sharing your expertise with those of us who lack such brilliant ideas.
Laura ~ I have been such a fan for years! This tutorial is exactly why. You have such a great way of presenting the facts without a bunch of fluff and it makes it so easy to follow your directions! I thought it was high-time to speak up and tell you what a fan I truly am!! Thank you for taking the time to share this with us and I am going to make one of these! I will come back and let you know how it went :) I have everything but the wood... Shopping trip in order now, lol!
This is exactly what I needed! You are so informative. I made mine 24" X 24" to use for making a t-shirt quilt for my granddaughter. I am excited to use it on many other projects.
I really appreciate what you have shown here. I am extremely allergic to wool and have been looking for an alternative pressing mat. I plan to follow your instructions (soon I hope) and make your two sided pressing mat. Your instructions were clear and your teaching technique easy to follow. Thank you.
I made a similar board 15 x 15 with rounded corners & a zipper along two sides to remove for easy washing. I made it with my bias tape & doll clothes in mind but It has honestly become my number one most favorite sewing helpers. If you don't have any wood handy, you could also I glue several layers of heavy cardboard together. The ideas are endless.
I made this with your video here. My new board fabric is crazy tight/snug and works great for my dry heat presses. I made sure to use 100% cotton batting and not poly fill to be able to take the high heat and my exterior fabric is duck canvas. One side is single ply and the other 2-ply. I marked one side to tell the difference between the two. Thank you for this easy to follow tutorial. I use this board all the time. Have a great day.
Thank you for another great, detailed post, Laura. I missed this one. I've made quite a few of these, here's some ideas I've tried... There is also a metallized fabric, designed for making oven mitts, that can be purchased. It is great for pressing boards or larger ironing board covers. Used to be sold by the yard in most fabric stores, although now perhaps online. It works great. If you prefer to use absorption rather than reflextion, felted wool makes a great pad, with cotton or duck over it (cheap cotton drop clothes work if you plan to make several boards). Another way to prevent moisture from destroying the wood is to drill holes (so that you create a grid like an ironing board) in the wood. That is much more labor intensive! For my next board, I'm going to experiment with pegboard glued to a regular board. If you want to cut on one side, the board can be sized to match a small cutting board, which can be glued to the one side. If anyone has figured out how to add a handle, perhaps you could share that info. Please excuse lengthy post...
Great tutorial as always. You really do make things easy to do and happy to say that I have a great pressing mat that is small and easy to store and use. :)
Thank you for this video. I was just going to staple the back, and then I liked your idea of having 2 sides. I made 1 side a little thicker and the other thinner for quilt piece ironing. Your instructions were so helpful. I’m new at these projects and I’m so proud of how it turned out! My Mom and me really love watching your videos 💗. God bless you!✝️🕊🌅🧵
To make the fabric slide easily: cut a piece of thin plastic, 13" x 26" in this case, wrap over batted board, then start slipping the fabric sleeve starting at the end where the plastic is wrapped. Once the fabric is on, you just pull the plastic out. this method also works with cushion covers.
I made one board a few years ago (not as nice as yours) with the silver fabric and I traced a ruler 12 x 12 inches at every inch. It helps with small pieces sometimes
EXCELLENT, thank you for stressing the importance of getting it tight and flat! Another great video! I'll never understand the "thumbs down"....I think they need to take a second look and pay better attention!
Could you show us how to use yarn, for 'couching' on a sewing project to add texture and interest...but using other feet that may come with our sewing machine (zig zag foot or free motion or?) in case we don't have an actual 'couching' foot? And which stitch to use etc.?
Laura, you have the best ideas and thank you so kindly for sharing them with everyone. Did you stitch the end with a machine or was it hand sewn? One thing that I wished you did with you videos is record that part where you did the sewing. I noticed on your videos, you explain what was done but never show the sewing part.
