Pressing Matters ~ #IGQuiltFest2021 ~ Day 12

 

#IGQuiltFest2021 ~ Day 12 ~ Pressing Matters

This is my pressing station.

It is to the right and raised to a level so that I may swivel in my chair and press 

without standing up from my counter height swivel chair. 

This is a custom size board to fit on my storage unit and in the space between my computer desk and the corner.

I love wool pressing mats and have a small one for blocks.

I also like to use a wooden clapper and a spray bottles,

 one with water and one with Best Press

I use my iron on dry heat setting and spritz as needed.

Pressing Board How-To Posted Here

My homemade pressing board used to be longer and set up in the room where my

 long arm now lives. Two years ago when I moved it to my sewing corner,

 I cut it down and added a wool top. 

On of my favorite features of this pressing board is that it is unattached

and I can move it to my tabletop to press quilt tops, yardage, and quilt backs

that need to hang over the edge of the table.

My iron is a Panasonic Cordless, so it is also easy to use anywhere. 

I love my pressing set up.

I am enjoying seeing others pressing solutions

 in the IG Quilt Fest.

Are you following along? 

Homemade Wool Pressing Board

This is my new Homemade Wool Pressing Board
It is 51" by 17" 

Recovering my home made pressing board was part of my sewing space renovations.
I made this board several years ago and posted it
 DIY Ironing Board Here
It was longer, then.
I cut the boards down to fit the space between my computer desk
and the outer wall of my dining room
when I moved my sewing space to that corner.

I bought this 

Wooly Felted Ironing Board Cover

This one is 20" by 54"  and  1/8" thick. 

and it was the least expensive one I could find.

I found it at Here @ Fat Quarter Shop

After I posted my first photo of this someone suggested wool felted fabric.

I found some here Wool Felt Fabric at Joann's
but I cannot attest to its quality as I have never used it. 
It would have been wider but the cost would have been similar to 

the Wooly Felted Ironing Board Cover that I used. 

I am happy with my purchase.

It worked well

It came with these clamps and elastic to attach it to the back of the board.

I removed the old fabric cover and left on the cotton batting 

and Warm Company Insul-Bright ,

which is just stapled to the boards.

The boards are tongue in groove pine boards from a home supply store

and they are also stapled together.

Here is the back of my newly recovered board.

I used the clamps and elastic that was in the packaging 

to stretch and fasten it.

Then, since the pad was only a few inches wider than my board

and was sticking out, I used

gray fabric 2" wide gaffer's tape to secure the long edges of 

the wooly felt to the back and make a nice smoothly rounded edge.

The board is not secured to the top of the storage cube unit.
I put down large reused piece of rubberized shelf liner
under the board and that works well to keep it from slipping.
This way I can easily move the board to the table when I want to press a quilt top, quilt,
long yardage or anything that needs to hang freely over the edge of the table.

I am very happy with the results.
Best version of my homemade pressing board cover ever!

This project is part of my 

   My New Quilting Adventures ~ Started Here

More moving and making room

and doctor's appointments 

happening this week.

More Quilty Adventures Soon  ... :-)