Things You'll Need:
- Ironing board
- Fabric of your choice
- Batting
- Fabric scissors
- Measuring tape
- Stick pins
- Elastic, cotton twine or ribbon
- Needle and thread or sewing machine
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Step 1
Place some fabric on the floor. Pick up your ironing board and put it upside down on top of the fabric.
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Step 2
Measure and trace the fabric so that it is at least 3 1/2 inches larger than your ironing board all the way around. Cut out the fabric that you have measured with fabric scissors.
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Step 3
Fold over the fabric 1-inch all the way around. Iron the 1-inch fold you made. Use stick pins to keep the fold you made in place. Use a sewing machine or needle and thread to sew this fold together. Do not complete the entire seam, but leave a 2-inch wide opening.
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Step 4
Turn the ironing board right side up and place the batting on top. Mark and measure the exact size of the ironing board on your batting and cut it out.
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Step 5
Place the batting underneath the fabric you made and pin it to this fabric. Sew the batting on to the fabric using a sewing machine or needle and thread.
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Step 6
Measure around the ironing board to gets its length and add 1 foot to the total. Using this measurement, cut out some elastic, twine or ribbon. Thread the elastic, twine or ribbon through the 1-inch fold you sewed in Step 3. You may need to use a safety pin thread this through the fold.
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Step 7
Place the new ironing board cover on your ironing board and tie the ends of the elastic, twine or ribbon together in a knot so that it will stay snugly on the board.
