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Posted by Candide on May 20, 2008, 12:57 pm
> On 19 May 2008 20:04:03 GMT, dwmlcburgan_at_in-tch_dot_com@foo.com (MB
> in MT) wrote:
>
> > does anyone know where you can buy Rid-Jid ironing board covers now?
> > i've had mine for 48 years and cannot find covers for it anywhere.
>
> I didn't even bother trying to find a cover for my Mary Proctor
> ironing board, but went straight to making covers out of unbleached
> cotton duck. An ironing-board cover is just a piece of fabric with
> a casing around the outside, after all.
Mine came with extra covers, but just nabbed a MIB off fleaBay.
Still, yes, have run up covers for my Proctor board from a huge bolt of
Nomex one got on the cheap.
>
> For the current cover -- the second or third I've made in the last
> forty-five years -- I cut the duck just big enough to cover the top
> and sides, then sewed a straight strip of muslin all around and made
> the casing in the muslin. Well, I made the casing, then sewed the
> muslin on. The thinner fabric draws up easier, and there isn't as
> much of it in the corners, so I could allow a generous tuck-under.
>
> Another advantage of rolling your own: my home-made padding comes
> down over the sides of the board, so that the edges and corners can do
> some of the jobs that would otherwise require a ham or a seam roll --
> a big help with ironing shirts as well as with sewing.
Just use vintage wool blankets for the padding, though the original
Proctor padding is holding up well.
Candide
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