The trio of handy sewing aids for the workshop: the ironing board cover, the tailor's cushion, and the pressing ham.

Some time ago, I moved my studio. I went from my large hallway that I had set up to a room just for me!

Also, I wanted to refresh my equipment a bit to feel good there!
So I made 3 sewing projects super useful for my activity.

The first is a new ironing board cover because I was really fed up with my old cover (about 12 years old) blue with daisies... it had served its time and no longer really matched my tastes... as you can see!


So I decided to replace it with a cover in dark purple Japanese cotton with pretty sakura flowers, a symbol of renewal. For a studio move, it was a must ;-)

The sakura flower fabric is a Japanese classic that I love and that you will find in different colors in the shop!

To make my ironing board cover, I followed Elsa's YouTube tutorial from Urban Fairy Patterns.
This sewing project is accessible even to beginner sewers, the only real difficulty is making the casing and attaching the elastic.

Here is the tutorial video:


To complete my super ironer's set, I made a tailor's cushion and a pressing ham.  A pressing ham or pressing egg is a kind of small double-sided egg: wool and cotton that allows you to iron and shape sleeve heads more easily and that you adapt to the type of fabric. A tailor's cushion is a kind of double-sided "sausage" that allows you to open seams on curves, and not see the ironing marks when opening the seams.


I also used Elsa's patterns and her YouTube tutorial which are super well done!

To make these, you will need cotton and wool fabric; a small coupon is enough.
I used the same Japanese cotton for my trio and a scrap of wool fabric from my coat that I had already used for my beret

For the stuffing, I used scraps and stuffing foam.

Here I am completely matched!


I could still make some pretty sewing weights from the cotton scraps of sakura and the set will be complete.

The article on stitches can be found here.

Come on, all that's left to do!

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