FYI! Make sure that the grid fabric you use is yarn dyed! That means the grid is woven into the fabric. If it’s only printed on, it might be crooked or not actual straight lines. You can tell by visually seeing if it’s woven or looking at the back. Those lines should be the same front and back!

I started sewing at 13, I haven’t stopped so I’m going on 56 years of sewing.

I’ve made several “notebooks” using similar boards, sewn it into a “pillowcase” like fabric case. And ran into the same challenges moving it around my sewing machine. At one point my husband heard “Ahhhhh! It’s ALIVE!!” And maniacal laughter from my sewing room. I required several cups of tea and breaks. Then later that year he asked if I’d make 4 (!) for Christmas gifts! That was a hard no. But sweet that he actually thought I could do it well enough to gift to family. I just found you and can appreciate you showing the reality of making our tools! ❤

Girl…you are such a goal achieving sewing goddess! You told us a long time ago you’d have to figure out a way to copy your well-loved folding ironing pad, and YOU DID IT. Totally agree with one commenter’s suggestion about selling these instructions on your PS website. This board turned out so well. As always you amaze your fans! I do hope Mister Pattern Scout likes your sewing room, too!

@PatternScout

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Haha. I felt pretty accomplished after making this, not gonna lie! A very satisfying make! :) I also think that was a great suggestion to make written instructions/supply list for this! I will work on that this week 🙌

@ZandilemBereng

9 ай бұрын

This is good girl i will try to do for my sewing room

@michelleterry424

9 ай бұрын

You did an awesome job

@AnnieofBlueGables

8 ай бұрын

@@PatternScoutI’d totally buy it

@motherof1doll.

8 ай бұрын

Looks like the size of a diaper changing pad. 👀 I wonder..

I use a regular dish mat for quick ironing . It works great and it folds up for easy storage. 😊 what a beautiful sewing room that you designed.

YOUR HOME IS PERFECTION! THAT MEANS THAT THERE IS ONE ROOM OR SPACE CRAMMED WITH ALL THE EXTRA JUNK....PLEASE SHOW US THAT ROOM SO I CAN FEEL BETTER 🙏

@obsidiansea

2 ай бұрын

😆🤣😆In my house, that is the sewing room! I just made a dress and had to do all of it in other rooms. Time to declutter!

This video should be used as a tutorial for aspiring KZreadrs. It checks all the boxes! Great job! Loved watching. Learned a lot.

Thanks for the excellent tutorial. My wife really enjoyed it. SUGGESTION for improving color rendition in your videos: Don't use "auto white balance" on the camera. When you zoomed it for a close-ups of the green fabric it became grey in the video. If you determine the actual color temperature of the lighting in your room and set that manually on your camera. This way will help all colors to be more accurate in your videos.

Love your teaching technique but most of all I appreciate how your warm and friendly personality comes across. Looking forward to watching more and learning awesome stuff. Thanks !

I guess I really need to start sewing again. I’m always glued to your channel when watching a video, but my heart feels like it’s going to explode watching you make this ironing mat!

I love your totally organized, CLEAN sewing room! I also love the soothing color of the walls-looks like a fantastic place to get lost in a sewing/craft project. 😊

Absolutely love the tutorial for the folding ironing pad. Can't imagine everyone wouldn't want one as a normal ironing board takes up so much room. Excellent!

I love how you’ve married function with aesthetics. You’ve chosen function and kept things affordable by reusing and repurposing. It’s crazy how so many people are spending hundreds just to maximize aesthetics and consumerism over function and repurposing. Definitely gonna subscribe!

One word: BRILLIANT!!! What a lucky girl I am to have found you. You are an expert sewer and sooo smart. Love everything you’re sharing. Thank you!!!!

I have to agree on the tables but for opposite reasons. I am 5ft tall standing but I also use a wheelchair so even if I am not in my chair, I do need to be sitting most of the time. Having table(s) that work for your body, needs, sewing habits... helpful.

@PatternScout

9 ай бұрын

So nice to be able to customize the heights!

@brendahammond6840

8 ай бұрын

I'm 5ft 1in and is also in a wheelchair so I agree with you cause I need to be sitting down. Lol❤

@MsSavvy9

8 ай бұрын

@brendahammond6840 👩🏽‍🦽💫👩🏻‍🦽 Yes, girl! Let's sew! I can stand for a bit. I didn't always need the chair, so I am still learning my limits, and they vary by day.

@christajennings3828

8 ай бұрын

I agree. I don't have mobility issues, but I'm short. My kitchen counters are about 3" too high for me. It makes chopping, kneading, rolling dough, etc. hard on my shoulders.

@nancy9478

8 ай бұрын

​@@christajennings3828I find using the kitchen table is so much easier for some tasks. Its a better height for pouring and opening jars etc.

That folding ironing board is fabulous! And you've given me an idea of how to change out my mother's old 50's ironing board to give it a much needed update. I will let you know how it turns out!

I am moving to a unit next week, from a home that had a double-garage sized Sewing Studio where I taught]t people to sew. Your ideas are terrific and I will incorporate some of them into my new single bedroom space. I am blessed to have a stotre=room to accommodate my many sewing machines and fabrics . Thank you.

I love seeing other creators arrange their spaces!!! I’m a paper crafter/ yarn crafter flaky seamstress. I love fabrics and patterns. I can sew but after doing pretty basic patterns I always end up really intimidated to do anything more complicated. My sewing machine is still in the box and I pull it out as needed. This video is an inspiration to maybe get my machine out of the box and use it more. Thanks!!

@chickad5820

8 ай бұрын

Start watching quilting videos. You already know how to sew, that's the only hard part to know. Quilting is so much more relaxing then sewing clothes. I've sewn 47 years and the difference is way more fun.... If you look at it as just sewing squares, rectangles, triangles or whatever shape and that's an endless possibility, it takes it from being overwhelming to exciting. Just watch 3 different beginner quilting videos and see for yourself how simple these works of art truly are. I still sew clothes but quilting is my true therapy for all things and it's also when I pray. Do pouches, bags, purses, totes or accessories for your garments. Just an idea for you to think about. That sewing machine tucked away can even earn you money if you need it. I donate alot of lap size quilts to my community police, EMTs and firefighters for kids and families in crisis. That warm hug can take something frightening to lowering anxiety with one comfort from home. I've been notified that they even calm down the disorderly people being picked up or helped. You might have a calling for sewing....?

My cutting table I also bought at Goodwill. It was a “bistro” table. I bought a sheet of fiberboard and placed it on top. To raise it to a decent height, I used bed raisers under each leg.

I have adopted many of your ideas into my own sewing room, but I have gone in the opposite ditection when it comes to the caster wheels on the cutting table. I prefer my cutting table to be as stable as possible, so I have added little silicone rubber socks to the table legs. Thus, when I lean into the table when cutting, it doesn't shift at all. Also, the one device that no one seems to mention is a small portable hand held vacuum cleaner. It is the perfect way to pick up loose threads and tiny pieces of fabric which scatter everywhere after each sewing session. The popular name for this is Dustbuster, and the rechargeable type is best. I also use a spotlight with adjustable arms to help my eyes with the closeup work.

@RosieBenz

8 ай бұрын

I just bought a tiny vacuum for my sewing room. Why did I wait so long.? It works so well for all the threads and debris from cutting tables and sewing machine tables. And keeps it off the floor.

@brendahammond6840

8 ай бұрын

​That's a great idea! I recently purchased a rechargeable handheld vaccum cleaner and a week later I was sent an almost identical version and I was going to put it in my car but now I changed my mind cause it's going on my sewing table. Thanks for sharing!❤

@jinde75

5 ай бұрын

I have rubber wheels under one table. I can put the brakes on wheels individually. Then it’s very sturdy too.

You're a clever lady Casey, this is a ridiculously practical make. Bravo on your brilliantly original KZread content 👏👏👏

@PatternScout

9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊

Your table and pegboard storage are genius. LOL, you're the first person besides me that I have ever heard describing that weird phenomena of a word losing it's meaning when you say it over and over.

Just found your channel. I've subscribed. Was crying when I was watching this video. This is what I desire to have. I looooooove your sewing room. I do the same, I put my sewing machine in my kitchen, living room etc. My children and husband have adjusted to my passion. Someday, I will have a well-equipped sewing room. It is on my vision board. Thank you for sharing. ❤

This is so smart. That is my dream sewing room. Sometimes I want to sew for fun, of course, but the thought of dragging everything out and having the kitchen look like Fabricland exploded in there is a bit of a turn off. I am thinking of turning an extra bedroom into a sewing room. I just love how you think. Thanks for all the amazing ideas. Well done❤

@PatternScout

9 ай бұрын

Exactly! That was always my struggle before I had this room. The cleanup! This room is constantly evolving, but the way I have it laid out makes it feel so much bigger and more welcoming than how I had it before. Even my dog loves hanging out in here haha. It's a vibe!

I love the way you think outside the box. You simply look at stuff you already have for what you need if necessary. Necessity truly is the mother of invention! Going to make a pad for my seamstress DIL. Thanks for the great organization tips.

I would have put loops or grommets in the corners for hanging. What a great project! 👍🏻

You have inspired me to make my own ironing mat/pad [and I started typing this before you mentioned it and started explaining the details about it]. And I want to [or am planning on] attempting to make a surface space that I can cut pattern pieces out on]. I used to lay my fabric and pattern pieces out on the floor and cut them there. But it is [really] not possible to do these days. And it was just out of desperation that I used the floor for that job. Thank you for sharing this valuable information. You have given me some inspiration.

I LOVE the way you think and work! As a quilter, the 1/2-inch seam allowance makes me smile. I have (earlier) made folding design boards. Fun. Always saving space!

Totally enjoyed this tutorial! As a quilter, my mind went right to putting a wool mat on top of that ironing pad as I iron my blocks. Awesome project.

~~Awesome~~ This is a great project! I made my sewing mate years ago and it's just like yours even down to the thermal fabric and muslin fabric..the only difference is my outside fabric color is Red because that's my favorite color. Just like you I have been sewing all my life...my Maw Maw taught me at age 8 and I turn 60 tomorrow. You did a great job on this project and I love your sewing room🙂👍❤️🙏 ~~God Bless~~

I gotta agree with number 2, the adjustable height table. I have one that does the same, but it isn’t electric and has a hand crank that I get to keep track off, lest I lose it. :)

Thanks for your demo on this project… Happy I found your channel…

Love the ironing mat!! and WATCHING you do it too esp. you leaving in how you had some difficulty with it. It's nice to see a PRO making mistakes too. Sewing is HARD. I respect the women in my life who sewed things for me or ANYONE. They were geniuses. I had a GREAT Aunt who sewed beautiful quilts by hand and she couldn't see well either. Her widowed baby brother--in his mid 80's would iron her quilt cloth and then the pieces she had done. She, her husband of 75 yrs and her baby brother all lived in a nursing home together. TMI I guess. GREAT TUTORIAL LOVE your sewing room and cutting TABLE. GENIUS.

I have been sewing for years and have been using the hardback ironing pad that Joann Fabrics carries and with a coupon, it is not very expensive. The storage is easy because I just stand it up next to my sewing, very easy to pick up for use and stow it away. Thanks for the tips.

WOW! LOVE the folding ironing mat. On my to-do list as gift for my quilting buddies!!

I wish I would be organized as you are! Thank you for your excellent advices!

I have coveted that ironing mat. Now, I'm going to make my own by following your tutorial.! Thanks so much!!!!!❤

OMG! I so want and need a sewing room! Brought materials over the years. The card idea is good; i'll try that. You do well explaining things. I did a blouse for my sister about 3 weeks ago. Have been doing projects over the years. Did a dress for another sister some 15 years back she wore to her student's graduation; they complimented her! Keep up your good work!!!

Your sewing room is inspirational, and for all kinds of crafts for all kinds of people. I wish every creative person a room like this. The tables are fabulous. Love the wheels and all the alterations you did. Impressive. The pegboard wall makes so much sense. Bravo!

@sushilashukla1289

7 ай бұрын

Clever girl.I've done the ironing style in quilting,cushions,duvets etc.and love making little fancy bags,lovely little decorative bags.purses and the list goes on.When you love sewing ideas just pop all the time.

Love, love, love your sewing room. The tables are fantastic! Thanks for showing how to make the ironing pad. The sewing struggle was impressive.😊

Thanks for your folding ironing pad instructions, looking forward to making several as Christmas gifts for my nieces! Hoping it goes as easy for me as you made it look. Such a great idea! Thank you for sharing your sewing space with us. Love that I found your KZread videos, what an inspiration you have been to watch and gleam ideas.

Thank you for this!! The ironing mat is definitely going on my list to make, I think it would be so handy to have a bigger surface for ironing yardage than my tabletop ironing board.

@PatternScout

9 ай бұрын

Definitely! I may have cut it out of the video, but one of the things I was rambling about was this exactly...this mat is wider than my old one and I can iron the full width of fabric when it is folded without having to shift it side to side. So nice!

I must have been sleeping cuz I didn’t know about your channel! I LOVE you and your channel!! The ironing pad tutorial is wonderful! I am definitely going to make one. I hate getting my large ironing board out, so this will be perfect. You have showed me many brilliant ways to set up a sewing room, so thank you so much! ❤

Wow color me impressed! Great job. I am putting this project on my bucket list of things I need to sew! Thank you for the great tutorial 😊

The sewing mat is a great tool to have. I have a small tabletop ironing board which is easy to move around but making a mat like that means I can have a larger ironing area so I will definitely be getting the materials together to have a go at making one. Thank you for your tutorial. ❤

A few years ago, I was into upholstery, so I made myself a small iron board with batting and upholstery fabric, and it's the perfect size for what I need, but it's too heavy. It's starting to bug my left elbow moving it on and off the table. So, maybe I'll make my own folding iron mat. I love that idea. TY.

Great ideas and wonderful sewing space! Many thanks for the ironing mat tutorial.

Great tips. Love your ironing mat. That turned out really well. Adding handles is so smart too.

I love this!! I'm so excited to set up an area and also make the mat!! You are truly a blessing, and thank you for sharing your gifts with us.

Awesome idea. I just gave my ironing board to my daughter. I was trying to declutter my craft room. I have been looking for one of these so I’ll just make it myself. Thanks!!! 😃

Wow, I love that ironing mat. Thank you so much for showing the process and the issues and solutions you came up with as you went. I am in the process of re-organising my sewing room and will follow all of your advice. I, too have been sewing most of my life - that is for around 58 years now. I am glad I found your channel.

Clever - your organizational ideas & your ironing pad. Thank you for sharing.

That is so amazing how you made the folding ironing table! I also loved how you organized the peg table and fabric. I’m going in my craft room to try and get lol more organized! Thanks

Beautiful space! Love the pegboard idea!! Thanks for sharing.

Awesome! Thanks for the cutting mat inspiration, it's on my list now. Love your channel.

Thank you for sharing this wonderful idea.😊

Thank you so much Casey, I really really enjoyed watching you take us all through your 5-top items in your craft room. I really really love ❤️ your new portable ironing board, and I really really love ❤️ how you’ve updated it and improved on it too. I’ve subscribed and given you a thumb’s up too. Please stay safe and well too

I’m a first time viewer and now a subscriber. I absolutely love your folding ironing mat!! My current ironing area is small. With your mat I can iron on my cutting table on top of my cutting mat. That’s going to be so convenient. I can also it any size I desire. Thank you so much!!❤

I’ve got a cutting table with a pull out basket that pulls out on each side of the table. Wonderful places for scissors, cutters, pens, pencils, etc. You could probably find some you could put on your table if you needed.

Absolutely perfect sewing room, love it!

Girl…!!! I just found you, LITERALLY JUST THIS VIDEO!! I absolutely love your sewing setup. Keeping this video to show my husband all the honey do jobs that he has in his future. 😂😂 I love this mat. I have one which you have probably seen made by Omnigrid. It is an 18 x 12” cutting mat and ironing surface combo. It folds just like yours and it is so super convenient. I have it open and laying on top of my Fiskars 36 x 24” mat. Idk a lot of paper piecing so I am constantly needing to iron and trim. When I need to cut off larger pieces I just fold it and stand it up between my table and a tall chest of drawers that I set my iron on so I don’t knock it over and burn me or something else. I know my type is still available at Joann’s. I may get brave enough to make yours to get a larger ironing surface. You definitely have a new fan and follower!! 💙🪡🧵

Excellent demonstration. Thanks for sharing your work.

Love your training session . It is so resl to the structure, and we see and hear the real process. Even the minor struggles

Thanks for sharing nothing like an organized cool sewing space

I made my own about three years ago and I absolutely love it!

Hello Ms. Casey, Thank You for sharing with all of us how to make a Folding Ironing Mat!

Omg the fabled sewing mat DIY

I have a giant folding ironing/blocking board. Unfolded it covers the total table top surface of my standing cutting table. I use it for all of my pattern peices of the project i am working on. I will fold it up with the project pieces all contained. It makes it so i can switch projects mid work and keeps everything organized without folding the project peices while only taking seconds to free up the space for another project. It snaps closed and the cutting table has a shelf that is perfect sized. I have considered buying a second, i just love how organized and neat it keeps your work area .It is very sturdy, it has a heavy chipboard backing with a dense heat resistant, puncherable layer. The outer work surface is a tight fit canvass with a measuring and angles print. It helps for blocking hand knit pattern pieces to the perfect size before assembling the complete project. Its extremely durable and even though its large size it will not warp

@sherylcoons2340

7 ай бұрын

Could you share the name of it and where you got it?

Pretty amazing watching you tackle that ironing board!!

Love the ironing mat product ideas!

I really enjoy your folding ironing board. Missouri Star has two ideas for ironing board, but neither one folds. My cutting table is an old flat door on top of some leftover cabinets from a kitchen remodle. The drawer is taller than my cutting mat ( possible the same one that you have) So in the extra area I have made an ironing board from thin plywood (left over from another project) topped with layers of an old towel and then in cased with a custom "pillow" case that fits snuggly. I also have made a cover for a side folding table, I cut couple of pieces of corrigated cardboard wrapped in alluminum foil. I added batting . I then made a cover similar to a standard ironing board cover with a draw string. I made a pocket for my card board assembly and then I tie it onto the woodle table, for when I want to quickly iron short seams for small projects or quilts.

Simply amazing. LOVE this project of yours. Thank you!!

That was great. Thanks for the demo. Love your sewing room.

Your presentations were awesome. So easy to understand and detailed. I hope to find your other videos. I’m older but sewing is new and wished I knew more. Thank you so much!

So many organizing revelations in this video! That sewing mat and wrapping your cords around the table legs have blown me away. Thank you!

Loved the ironing mat, great job!❤️❤️❤️

Thank you so very much for this! Simply amazing and uber useful as well. Again, thank you for all you do and share with us...remember to breathe ✨

LOVE LOVE LOVE THE FOLDABLE IRONING BOARD. Such a great idea. Thank you for sharing this! Xoxo 🤎🤎🤎

Awesome! Thanks love your sewing room and setup😊

Wow, I have watched a lot of sewing/organizing/diy videos. This one, eventhough it moved fast, I was able to see myself doing these things. Very well, done! And thank you, for making me feel like, "Yes, I think I can do that."

@PatternScout

9 ай бұрын

Ah I'm so glad to know that! :)

Love how you organize everything in sewing room ! I too have this problem not enought room to put every thing.i love your ideas using peg birds on your wall to keep everything in place neat and tidy .

I liked and subscribed. Your voice is pleasant, you're easy on the eyes and you explain well. Thank you for what you do and for deciding to help us learn.

❤marvellous work making the folding travel ironing board. I’ve added this to me ‘job to do’. Many thanks for sharing how to make this folding ironing board.

I love the idea of getting the fabric on a smaller bolt. So may great ideas! Thank you!

Wonderful!! Glad you showed us how to make it!

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I’ve never heard of a folding ironing mat but now that I’ve watched your video, it just makes so much sense and I want to make one too! Great tips on setting up an organised sewing room too. Very inspiring.

I have watched a few of your videos over the last year...but when you took out the tape and got all of the lint off of the new ironing mat, I was like YES !!! and I subscribed right then and there..... great tutorial and THANK YOU for de-linting your project (( it drives me crazy too lol ))

Brilliant! I've actually been thinking about looking for a small sewing pad like that - like you I have seen a few being used on sewing (and knitting) shows. Now I know how to make one!! I am quite chuff about that. Thank you so much!

Love it! Thanks for sharing you ironing pad design!

Great video! Amazing job with the small ironing board! Brilliant! Thanks for sharing ❤❤❤

Ohhhh so glad I found your videos!!! I'm a new sewer with big ideas. Love this project.

You are an excellent presenter on KZread. You speak at a perfect tempo with great enunciation. I like how you get right to the point. Thank you.

Thank you for this video. I love that you showed the places you struggled and the ironing mat wasn't "perfect" -- without that, I would have never guessed you'd struggle with that, too! The sewing room showcase was helpful, too. I'm less "seamstress" and more "crafty lady" (sew, knit, crochet, etc.) AND I live in Arizona where dust isn't an option, it's a decorating accessory (jk). I use totes to store my fabric to protect them from dust, but adding your cardboard "bolts" idea would make them *so* much easier to go through to find that one fabric I'm looking for. Also, I'm fortunate enough to have an IKEA store local to me, so next time I'm there, those pegboards might be coming home with me!

For a similar project, I tethered two 16 x 18 wool pressing mats to create "hinge" for folding the mats closed for storage.

Clear presentation and demonstration. Thanks!

Thanks so much for this, Casey. I don’t have it in me to make this I now, but when I do I’ll know where to go!😍

Thank you for sharing I just loved

I love your sewing room and your work too

Super impressed!

I absolutely love your sewing room, and WOW! for the ironing mat.