This next project I worked on was so quick, I forgot to take pictures along the way.
What is it? A tray-table ironing board!
I have a little secret... I only have 3 shirts that need ironing. That's it. Nothing else.
Yes, I know how to iron (thanks, Mom!) and while I don't love it, I don't mind it either. It's just that the result is not worth the time and effort.
The biggest pain for me is trying to set up our cheapo half-broken ironing board. I know I could just get a better one, but it hardly ever gets used!
As I am interested in trying my hand at a bit more sewing, I needed something small and convenient.
I followed this tutorial from American Quilting which was super simple.
They used "insulated batting" but I couldn't find that. So to protect the wood and batting, I bought some "ironing board cover fabric." (I didn't know that existed until this project!)
So I placed the decorative fabric face-down on the floor, then the insulating fabric, then the batting, then placed the tray upsideown on top of all that.
A little bit of folding, tucking, and stapeling later and it was complete!
I might have a bit too much batting because the iron isn't very stable when standing on it, but that is just a lesson learned.
So what about the "Cold as Ice?"
A few weekends ago, our little downtown hosted their annual ice-fest and brought in some AMAZING ice sculptors. That was the one warm weekend we have had, and many of the sculptures suffered but I got some great shots!
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