This running to the laundry room every two minutes is killer! Does anyone have anything they love to use that is very protective of table top? Thanks!
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This running to the laundry room every two minutes is killer! Does anyone have anything they love to use that is very protective of table top? Thanks!
Only thing I can think of is laying a towel down, placing a board on top of it and placing another towel on top of the board
I use an old portable dishwasher that sits in the middle of my kitchen(poor woman's kitchen island-haha!) I use it for storage, rolling pastry and general food prep and when I want to iron I fold a towel in half and lay it on top of the dishwasher. The loops in the towel fabric kind of keeps things from shifting. Works for me.
You can get a tabletop ironing board. My mom called it a sleeve board. Put a towel under it so the legs don't touch the tabletop.
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I had one of these and the surface was just too small. There are cutting/slash ironing units available at JoAnn's that you can use your 40 or 50% off coupon for that are a lot better. You just have to remember which side you are using at the time. I don't like the cutting side at all. The whole unit rocks when I try to cut, but I will keep it for the ironing part.Originally Posted by Krisb
Bed, bath and beyond, have a neat roll up ironing surface. I have one of these at our fifth wheel camp and love it. The back is kind or rubbery so it sticks to the table it is a decent size for blocks. http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/stor...pad/1017670379
Amazon sells a lot of different varieties of ironing mats. http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&key...l_293wploh8f_b
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I have a very expensive solid oak dining table, so when I have to use it to iron, I put a sheet of foil on it, lay two layers of thick toweling over that and iron. I would never use it for large ironing though., I do not want to risk my table.
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I use the large Steady Betty for portable ironing surface. It's great. Fabric does not move at all, no distortion or stretching of the blocks when pressing. Professional tailors have used these for years, just wasn't called Steady Betty.
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Glad you mentioned Betty, Some good reviews on Amazon. Pricey though. Hmmmm.
I put layers of batting down and iron on that.
Think about it!! My ironing board is 2 rooms away from my sewing machine. Us quilters need to get SOME exercise!!
That is why my ironing board is in another room. I do chain sewing/piecing so I can have enough to iron all at once. The older I get the more I need to exercise.
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