Ok, this post is going to be a little bit embarrassing for me because it shows my lack of emphasis on keeping everything clean as a whistle in my sewing room, but hey, I’m creating here, right?  

So… I go through ironing board covers in record breaking speed.  I like a hot iron with a lot of steam.  That puts a lot of wear on my cover.  Here is the embarrassing part… this is what mine looks like after a few months worth of quilting.  Yuk!And here is another just to make you feel good about yourself today.  I will take the prize for worst ironing board cover!I don’t even like the fabric.  It is what I had in my cabinet at the time, but it is too loud for my taste.  My quilt  blocks kind of get lost on this board, and I can’t really take a picture of anything while ironing because everything clashes with the cover.  It is definitely time for a new one:)

A friend gave me this bolt of canvasy type cream material that is now going to be designated the ironing board cover material.  I have years of covers here!  Thank you friend!!I am going to love the plain, neutral color.:). 

So here is the Totally Tipster Tip—  I don’t sew anything.  I cut out my fabric and pin in over the original cover.  Easy easy, fast, fast, easy!  What took me so long?

• Here is a picture of the underside of my ironing board with the pins holding the fabric in place-
• I removed all of the pins, there were about 25 or so.
• I used the old cover as a pattern for the new one.  This will be your first time, so just use a piece of newspaper and trace the top of your board.  Lay it on your fabric and add 5″ all around.  It doesn’t have to be exact, just make it bigger than your board.

• If you like, add a little bit of batting for extra cushioning under the cover.  I put it on top of the original cover that came with the board. 
• Trim it around the edges.  No perfection needed.  I just used batting scraps.  Whatever I had:)
• Lay your fabric on top.  I have to fold my fabric at the end because my board is attached to the wall cabinet 
• Start at the nose and start pinning under.  I pin one way and then the other to make it tight.  I don’t worry about the pins coming back up.  If the fabric feels secure, I keep going
• I like to use the long corsage pins, but there are a lot of yellow headed quilting pins under there as well.
• Just keep pinning all the way down one side and then go to the other and pull tight and pin as well
• Keep pinning, tightening any loose spaces as you go.

All done!!  Doesn’t that look better?  It’s Totally Tipster! It literally took twice as long to write this post as it did to cover my board!  

New resolution–I will NOT let my board get so messy next time!  I have even cut out extra so I’m ready to go.  

I have one more bonus ironing board tip for you-  

• I sew while sitting on a rolling chair, I have placed my ironing board to the side of my sewing machine just high enough for me to roll over and press while I am still in my chair.  It is SWEET !!!

There you have it, a super fast, super easy ironing board make over.   If you give this a try, I would love to hear about it:)