Focus! I Need to Focus!

I am awful sometimes! I'm all over the place with sewing projects without finishing what I'm currently working on.

My latest sewing venture... I want to make a new ironing board cover. Mine is terrible and of course, I bought; ages ago, an extra wide ironing board from Target. From the look of all the tutorials I found online, others are having the same issue I'm running into it... you can't find a replacement cover that fits!

So, I'm going to make my own. Maybe not anytime soon (like this weekend) but within the month. Has anyone out in BlogLand made a replacement cover? Any tips? Some tutorials say to use quilters cotton. Some say use home dec weight fabric, as long as it's 100% cotton (any polyester in the fabric may melt). Any preferences to either - besides the price difference between the two...?

Enjoy your day!
Jen