Repurposed Ironing Board for Your Craft Room

If you have an old ironing board and are looking for storage for your craft room, that’s the idea that you needed! That’s not the first time we show you repurposed ironing boards (here, here, here, and here), but now you found a unique place for your spools of thread.

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Debra S Dupree
Debra S Dupree

Why can’t I find directions for things on here not just your site anywhere

Diane
Diane
Reply to  Debra S Dupree

As far as can see, you can buy one of those thread holders that they sell at Walmart or Joanns. Then wire it to the ironing board or predrill some holes and put screws with a nut and attach it that way. You may have to make some adjustments to the thread holders if they are to wide. That’s the easiest way I see to do this.

Kaitte
Kaitte
Reply to  Diane

Those thread holders are expensive to buy, surely we can come up with something to recycle?

HeatherStiletto
Reply to  Kaitte

If you come up with an upcycled idea to replace the thread holders, we’d love to see it! :D Thanks, Heather Stiletto.

Kimmie
Kimmie
Reply to  Kaitte

This appears to be pool noodles cut in half/quarters and mini dowels placed on holes. Very i
inexpensive

Penny
Penny
Reply to  Kimmie

Do you have a picture of what you are referring to?

Rose Taylor
Rose Taylor
Reply to  Debra S Dupree

Use molding drill holes and peg them with golf tees. If you get the long ones you can put the golf tee through your thread and bobbin to keep them together.

C
C

Yes, what are the rods the spools are on? How are they attached?

Tabby Hurley
Tabby Hurley
Reply to  C

Why couldn’t u use some scrap wood like furring strips predrill and put dowel rods In it. Then wire to ironing board.u can also use the medal pegs for peg boards

Sandra

Need instructions please!

Jackie
Jackie
Reply to  Sandra

Yes need instructions please

cheryl
cheryl

Any instructions available for this? Cannot see clearly enough how to recreate this for my craft room. Thank you.

Phyllis Wheeler
Phyllis Wheeler

Can I please get instructions for this repurposed ironing board for thread spools ?

Anita Bouchet
Anita Bouchet

Please please please instructions!
I have 3 old ironing boards waiting to be recycled, and as a seemster I have a lot of spools.
I can hardly wait to see how it’s done!!!!!
Com’on Neodim, don’t let us down……..

Pam
Pam

What a great idea. Will definitely make this for my craft room. large dowels/ small dowels
measuring tape and drill. a little paint for color. And a few nuts & bolts to attach.

Beverly
Beverly

Really love this idea as someone new to sewing with a very small house I am always looking for storage ideas please give instructions this is something I will absolutely do….:)

Cathy
Cathy

How do you make this “spool” ironing board? Instructions olease

michele
michele

How do you make this “spool” ironing board? Instructions please

Maria
Maria

Please send me the information to make the thread holder iorning board. Thanks

Neokentin
Reply to  Maria

Hi Maria, we don’t keep your email address so we cannot send you any information, moreover we don’t have plans for this project, sorry :(

Mary
Mary

Why is this so hard to find instructions for the ironing board. Please send instructions

Neokentin
Reply to  Mary

Hi, Because the Crafter who made it didn’t made any tutorial, so no tutorial is available…

Tabby Hurley
Tabby Hurley
Reply to  Mary

Get scrap wood like furring strips predrill ,then just cut some dowels for any size u want.then mount to ironing board.u might wanna make sure u tie the legs up.they are a pain

Sharon Nevins
Sharon Nevins
Reply to  Tabby Hurley

That is just what I was thinking!

Kiki Myers
Kiki Myers

I would also like instructions on this project. It is VERY frustrating to see something on Pintrest that you want to make and then not have access to instructions on how to make it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dangitgirl
Dangitgirl

I have a problem with the vast numbers of “bloggers” who pin this stuff up with not even the tiniest bit of instructions… Then never return to read questions in the comments section… Unfollowed!!!! I’ll figure it out on my own, so following is taking up needed space for those WITH instructions…..

Susan
Susan

It’s just some lathe or otherwise thin wood drilled to hold glued-in dowling for the spools. The drill holes at the end can be used to wire or bolt the wood to the ironing board, or it could be hooked to the ironing board’s lattice from the back.

Libbie Sheppard

Jo Diggle…what do you make of this?

Ana Maria León Joya

Maribel Bauza Llabres mira! Ya tienes algo que hacer!!

Simon Graves

so cool

Margaret Wiacek

Simon another project lol?

Sue Donnelly-Craw

Maria Potter saw this and thought of you ?

Myriam Roques

love it :)

Rosa Mzzpc

Giulia Cami carina x la tua vetrina :)

Cat Crijns
Cat Crijns

Looks nice, but we all know that the truth behind crafting is having drawers full of chaotic ‘may be useful someday’-things.

And you really try to keep it organised, but then that moment arrives where you have a brilliant idea, can’t find your pattern paper and everything gets sacrificed because you NEED that NOW. To discover it was in the first drawer to begin with. And bye bye organised drawers. But you have pattern paper, so it was worth it.

The struggle is real :D :v

Amandine Dine

Mathilde, une petite idée.. ?

Mathilde Diot-Vaschy
Reply to  Amandine Dine

Hibi! Surtout que si Y’a bien un objet qui sert à rien chez moi, c’est la table à repasser!! ???

Colleen W. Turner

Hell yes!!!

Jean Grman
Jean Grman

Where are the instructions to make this! I have the iron board ready to go!

Sharon
Sharon

Where are the directions?

LisaMartinez
LisaMartinez

Are there instructions on how to do this?

Lisa Martinez
Lisa Martinez

Are there instructions for this?

Alicia
Alicia

I think the wise thing for NEODIM to do is: NOT TOO LET ANY IDEAS TO BE POSTED UNLESS THERE IS INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED ON HOW TO DO THE IDEA. IT IS DOWN RUGHT STUPID FOR THEM TO PRINT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE AND NOT HAVE INSTRUCTIONS.

Sew316

What is you drilled holes diagonally and used extra long golf tees? that could help for some of the standard size spools and loads of bobbins.

Melinda
Melinda

The ironing board has holes so use that to your advantage…nut…bolt…washers attached to desired hole will work for the spool holder

Susan Saruk
Susan Saruk

Why could u not use a min. 1″thick dowel, cut to width desired across the board. Then predrill holes to glue in smaller diameter dowels along the length of the thicker dowel. I could think of a few diff. ways to attach them to your ironing board depending on your own preferrence

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