Make Peace With Ironing

 

We used to have a strong aversion to ironing, hiding our iron in the bottom of the closet and neglecting our rickety hang-on-the-door ironing board. Then one day we learned to love ironing because we love sewing.  Taking the time to press your fabric makes a big difference in the construction of any project, and it's no big deal once you know how to do it.  We came to understand that sewing needs ironing; otherwise our sewing room becomes a very un-Zen place. So we upgraded our ironing board with a beautiful new cover, and made friends with our iron.   

For ideas on how to gussy up your ironing board, take a look at our Ironing Board Recovery Project. 

Comments

[ina and gumby]

... you are all such busy bees ... amazing posts and gobs of information ... thanks for the holiday craft fair post as well ... i can't keep up with all this information!!! ... happy days ... happy crafting ... happy holidays ...

[Mindy]

I MUST see a picture of your ironing board! Pretty please!!

[purl bee]

I'll try to photograph it, but I think ironing boards might be the hardest thing on earth to take a picture of! Thank you! -- Isabelle

[amisha]

wonderful tutorial! i love the fabric... i just recently did a new ironing board cover for my sad ol' board (details on the blog) and it has made my ironing *much* more zen :)