Make Ironing Mat

You can make it any size you want with the cotton fabric of your choice and the heat resistant fabric will protect your table top.

Make ironing mat.

Holly olivia june 18 2015. The top fabric should be the same size as the batting and the bottom fabric should extend at least 1 5 out from the batting. Not only do i need to make an ironing mat i have to give my washer and dryer a little pizzazz too. Customizing the mat to meet your pressing or ironing needs will be a great benefit to you and make ironing easier on your body.

To make your own ironing mat you ll need. So i decided to make an ironing mat which turns my table into a big ironing board. Ironing boards are good for clothing items etc but when it comes to ironing yards of fabric it s just really nice to have a wider space for ironing. Before you sew your three pieces together make sure they are laid on top of one another in this order.

Julia june 18 2015. I m working on a bigger project that will involve a lot of ironing. One of the sizes you can buy measures about 17 by17 inches and you can get it in 1 2 inch thicknesses. You can make you diy ironing pad any size you want mine is about 35 square you will want to layer your insul bright between two layers of fabric.

You will use the opening to flip your ironing pad right side out so that the fleece and decorative fabrics are sandwiching the insul bright and the magnets. Annie june 18 2015. It can be more than that but it needs to be at least that minimum. My ironing board simply isn t big enough and it would be a pain to keep moving everything around.

When not in use simply roll up the mat and tie it for easy storage. I finally decided i was going to make my own ironing pad because it s just not practical to have a large permanent table taking up space in my house. What an awesome idea. This is such a nice idea and i love the spotty fabric.

100 cotton fabric for ironing mat top and backing insulbright insulated batting or any other insulated batting 100 cotton batting optional cotton scraps to pad batting cotton binding cotton thread my finished mat size is 30 x20 so i started by cutting all of my fabrics to just over that size.