Originally Posted by justwannaquilt
If you have one of those large plastic folding tables lay a couple old blankets or batting over the top and then lay a flat sheet over that, it becomes an ironing board. Then keep it folded in width wise, and then go to town on it.
I help my mom iron several days a week. She owns a drop off laundry business and she does laundry (wash dry iron) for a local party rental place and they rent out table cloths (120x120) and back drops(flat out huge pieces of fabric) and this is how we do it.
baste the edged and only drying until damp and then getting
someone to help you fold them as need as you can possibly get them folded is going to help A LOT! Good luck!
Oh, another thing, if you have reallllllllly long cuts that you are afraid will not fit into your washer you can baste them at home and then for a couple bucks take them to a local laundry mat and wash them in a larger washer then bring them home to dry.
I've found that washing and drying the big/long pieces in the big front loading equipment at the laundromat was worth the effort of going there and the expense of using the machines.
There were a lot less wrinkles in the fabric when I used the big dryers.