I saw these fabric on fabric.com a few months back...They were on sale and I loved them....perfect quilting fabrics. Alas, when they came, they were a deco fabric..too heavy for quilting...I was so annoyed with self for being a dummy!
Today..good came from bad! I decided to started on holiday sewing.
Ironing pads!!
They are 36 by 22...as I wanted to get the best use of the ironing board fabric. (I did not use pre-quilted, but quilted my own). I left the back bigger so I could self bind...with the enormous help of heavy duty starch to keep the binding in place. I put inside both batting and Insul-Bright because I am always worried about ruining furniture on a retreat or at someone's house. That, with the decor fabric, makes them quite protective.
Ironing pads!!
They are 36 by 22...as I wanted to get the best use of the ironing board fabric. (I did not use pre-quilted, but quilted my own). I left the back bigger so I could self bind...with the enormous help of heavy duty starch to keep the binding in place. I put inside both batting and Insul-Bright because I am always worried about ruining furniture on a retreat or at someone's house. That, with the decor fabric, makes them quite protective.
I adapted these from the tutorial here.
5 comments:
What a great idea! I need to make one for Sweet Teen so that if she's in a hurry, she won't have to go find an ironing board in the dorm.
Will have to stop at Jo-Ann's next time we're in town.
You rock!!
Lemonade from lemons!
These look great!!
I've done the same thing, mixing my fabrics up. Your ironing pads are a brilliant idea!! And the fabrics are gorgeous!
Love the colours in the fabric and love the resultng ironing pads - what a great idea. Especially the lovely maker's labels.
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