It's a typical weekday. I picked up my oldest from school. He's starving because he didn't eat a good lunch and it's 3pm. We head to Starbucks because let's face it, Mom could use a little pick-me-up too. Thinking ahead I packed my laptop and his iPad. There is not enough time to go home before I need to pick up my youngest so we get to hang out.
Sigh. A few minutes to sip a latte and play. Happiness.
My friend Randi is leading an Ironing Board sew along so I headed over to her shop and picked out my fabrics. I've been wanting to recover my sad little ironing board for awhile, but I definitely need some hand holding. Ironing boards just seem so big and awkward. And then there is the piping, cording, or whatever to deal with. Anyways, I found LOTS or pretty fabrics, but I couldn't figure out which ones I wanted to buy without seeing them together. I made a quick little mock up. Like Jaye says, "make visual decisions, visually."
Q: Guess which combination I bought for my new ironing board?
FABRICS:
- Turtle Bay in Aqua, Little Dot in Sunshine, Rain Drops in Storm
- Forest Life in Watermelon. Kona Candy Pink, Ping Pong in Yellow
- Outfoxed in Outwitted, Kona Charcoal, Bright Green Jewel in Outwitted
- Ruby Swoon in Grey, Tiny Gingham in Red, Ruby Sundae in Grey
- Speckle in Sky, Scissors in Cream, Chinoserie
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Answer: I bought #5 Did you guess right? : )
I am guessing 5 for no other reason than that is the one I would go for!!x
ReplyDeleteI think you chose well! I noticed ages ago while watching Alex Anderson's Simply Quilts. Her set had a ton of turquoise on it, and no quilts ever seemed to clash. This made me buy a turquoise ironing board cover. I want my blocks to look pretty while I'm pressing them. :)
ReplyDeleteI've been waiting anxiously for this too, mine desperately needs a recover as well!
ReplyDeletethanks for the link, adrianne!
ReplyDeletea mock-up is a great idea. not sure how to create one though. i generally copy pics and put them in the word processor and print the page out. not very high-tech, but it works. :)
oh, I need to recover mine, too! Desperately. Thanks for sharing a link to the sew-along
ReplyDeleteI'm going to guess 1. They are all really pretty combinations.
ReplyDeleteIt will be so much fun!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou are so smart to do a little mock-up! That was great. Looking forward to seeing your newly recovered ironing board!
ReplyDeleteI guessed right! I could use a new cover too. You should make a sample first to get all the kinks worked out and send it over to me :)
ReplyDeleteOoooh I was guessing number 4. When you finish this you will have to drag your ironing board to the next meeting so I can see it.
ReplyDeleteI guessed number 4 also, but I love what you chose. You couldn't go wrong with any of the combinations you put together. How did you do those?
ReplyDeleteThe mockup is a great idea. I guess number 4 too, but they are all really good combinations.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh - what a great idea! I just wrecked my cover while pressing some iron-to-baste batting. My cover is all sticky. I'm using an old towel so I can still press now! Thanks for sharing this project!
ReplyDeleteQuite fun fabrics. The last one is great for the colors, the bit of sewing shout-out with the scissors and the dots would probably be a good background for pressing things.
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