TV Tray Makeover

Sometimes when I'm sewing or crafting

and I need to iron just a little something,

I hate to drag out my ironing board.

So I stole an idea off www.pinterest.com

and made a little ironing board for my little projects.

I happened to have an $8 TV tray that
I had picked up at Wal-Mart a couple
weeks ago.  I had something else in mind
for it, but I'll get another one and work on that later.

 I used one bag of natural cotton batting

and less than 1/2 yard of heavy decorative fabric.

 I cut 4 layers of batting a little bigger than the
top of the tray, placed the tray on top of them
and trimmed the corners to get rid of some bulk.

Then I stapled away.

The fabric came next.  I wish I had been more
careful about centering the design of this fabric
on the tray, but oh well!  It's not like I won't change
it sooner or later anyways.  That's why I stapled it
on seperately from the batting.

 I don't know if you can see it in this picture,
but at the bottom the iron is a little label that
says CRAFTS.  I have ruined many a nice
iron as I've melted some craft project or another
 onto it, so now I have a CRAFTS iron
and a CLOTHES iron.

Don't you love the height of this ironing tray?
I can set it right beside my craft/sewing table
and iron away in the middle of a project.