So I’ve had an ironing board with an attached sleeve board for a long time already. The main body has been redone with a new cover several times already. Mostly once so much water spilled on it that it’s so stained that I don’t want to look at it anymore… I’ve also had a loose sleeve board in my cupboard for some time now. In both of these, the foam underneath the cover was quite dead and the fabric itself exhibited some holes.
So I redid them. I put the sleeve board upside down and generously cut some quilting batting out for them. Then I located some cotton canvas that I used for the book dress and cut out the rough patterns. I sewed some tape along the edges and folded those over and stitched them down to create a channel. Then I grabbed some ribbon and threaded that through. I tightened them over the batting and board et voila, a fresh sleeve board or two!
