New ironing board cover.

The laundry has overgone a lot of changes and I knew an easy update was to change up the old ironing board cover. I used to have a large ironing board but found a little one on a garage sale for a few dollars. I like it so much more as it doesn't take up much room and it is so easy to get out and set up anywhere. However the cover was pretty old and definately not my taste.

I'm still learning how to sew well so I decided to use the existing cover and create my new cover around it. This was easier for me than working how how to thread the string and work out how to keep it in place.

You will need:

an existing ironing board cover

a sewing machine

material

How to:

I left the padding on the board and made the cover to go on top.
First measure the material so there is about a 2 cm boarder around the edge.
Pin it in place around the existing cover.
Then sew the material in place and you have your new cover.

The fabric, which was gifted to me by my best friend's mum, is much more to my taste and no longer full of stained patches. This DIY only took about 15 minutes and already makes me feel slightly better about ironing, although I'm still not that into ironing!

Lisa x
P.S I'm linking up with  Craftionary,The Grant Life,Just Us Four,Thrifty Handmade Days,