ironing/folding table recover

Remember my ironing/folding table?

Well, after 5 years the floral fabric

was not looking so nice--some brown stains, from

the ironing I guess?--and so I decided

yesterday to recover it.

I gathered my tools and some of my favorite fabric,

blue striped ticking which I always try

to keep on hand...

I used pliers to remove the staples holding on

the old fabric;

the three layers of old wool blanket

underneath were holding up fine...

After trimming the ticking fabric to fit,

I stapled it on under the lip of the table top...

And here it is,

all finished...

...and looking fresh and clean again.

Now I suppose I have to finish

that pile of ironing which I have been

putting off for some reason...

Deb