Now that my new fabric collection, Honey Locust, has shipped to stores, I am busy making all the things!  The first project I made was a quick one using the Echelons Cheater Print.

I whipped up a new ironing board cover (I know, I know, I just made one with my last cheater print), but I couldn't help myself!  It's such a quick project, and I thought these softer colors would go beautifully in my sewing room.

THIS is the tutorial I use to make ironing board covers.  I've shared it many times before.
It just takes an hour or so to make, and I often have all the supplies on hand.

It's such a sweet, happy print and oh so quilty, don't you think!!??

This little ironing board cover is bringing me a lot of joy right now.  

I also really love my Oliso iron.  I love the color, the weight, the heat, the long automatic shutoff feature, and the extra-long cord!  This is my second Oliso iron.  I had my first one for 7-10 years and knew I would be getting another one when the first one broke en route to a quilting retreat!

Anyways, if you're interested in making one of these covers too, I've got just the amount of this cheater fabric you need to make one just like it, listed in my Etsy shop HERE.

I would also love to make a quilt coat and a tote bag with this cheater print.

What would you make with it?

Homemade Ironing Board Cover

 Hi there!  Today, I want to share a quick project that I think every quilter and sewist will find useful!  

When your ironing board cover becomes worn and scorched you can replace it with a fresh, homemade cover with stuff you just might have on hand!  And it won't take long to make!

My friend Eva Garlick (who I used to work with at a quilt shop many moons ago) wrote

THIS TUTORIAL on how to make your own ironing board cover.  I have used it many times over the years and wanted to share it again.  It doesn't take long to make and I love that you can make it in any fabric - to match your space.

I happened to have all the supplies on hand for this cover so it didn't cost me anything (is that "girl math" LOL?)  The best part was using some leftover binding I had (from previous projects) for the elastic casing, so it came together really fast!

I knew I wanted to use the cheater print from my last fabric collection (Feels Like Home) with Riley Blake Designs for this project.  It features 6" pineapple blocks and matches the sewing machine mat/organizer I posted about a couple of weeks ago.  You can check out that project HERE.

For those of you that don't know, a cheater print is a fabric that has a quilt block or entire quilt printed on it.  So you can get the look of a patchwork quilt without all of the work!  This cheater print is so happy and would be perfect in any sewing/craft room but of course, you can make your ironing board cover in whatever fabric you'd like!  It doesn't have to be a cheater print.

It took just an hour or so to make my cover.  I love a quick, instant satisfaction project like this!

Have you ever made your own ironing board cover?

I hope this post inspires you to make one!

If you would like to make one just like mine, I have a few listings in my Etsy shop for just the fabric you would need (a 21" x 72" piece of the cheater print).  Click HERE to check it out.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Ironing Board Cover {tutorial}

I love my new ironing board cover.

2 yards of fabric is enough to make two [count that - TWO] ironing board covers!  And at [approximately] $11.00 a yard I figure that is just about the same amount of money I would spend on a cover I would buy from Walmart[except I was able to make mine using this really cute fabric called Secret Garden by Sandi Henderson for Michael Miller.  And it totally goes with my sewing room.  Cute right?] 

It took about 10, maybe 15 minutes to make.  And it was super easy.

You can find the link to the tutorial HERE.

[My co-worker, Eva, is the author of this tutorial and the blog, Sew Much Good.  She is full of all kinds of fancy tricks and I ♥ her].