My January ALOYF Finish

Yes, it's a relatively small thing.  But it is done.  And I love it!

My new ironing board.  I left The original cover on, added a layer of cotton batting, then a layer of Insulbrite and finally my *new* pieced cover.

Now it is so luxuriously pouffy.  It just makes me smile.

I started with this pattern from Cotton Way (#921).  I bought it this summer at Pine Needles in Gardner Village.  My Aunt Susie introduced me, and I'm so glad that I don't live any closer {I mean that in the bestest, most dangerous way.}

I used some Joel Dewberry prints that I won a year ago (blogged here) and added some Kona Emerald and Charcoal.

The pattern was super easy to follow.  The elastic casing took me all one afternoon.  I'm OK with that, though, since it is constructed so well that I'm not at all worried about things slipping around.

See how beautiful those points are.  That must be one good pattern!

One final note ... the snowman in the picture ... that was painted by my mom :)  It warms my heart every time I think of her painting.  I keep this picture up all the time to remind me to make time for the people I love.

PS--there were a couple of comments in my original January goal post about the seams on the cover showing through to my fabrics.  I spent today pressing and cutting some larger scraps--and I made sure to press as much as possible right on top of the flying geese section.  There was no bleed-through of the seems at all.  I used to be able to see the metal pattern come up through my old cover and leave ghost images on some of my fabrics, but I've noticed none of that with the pieced seams on this new cover :)