This may not help you right this minute, but this item has really improved my quilting and relieved my stiff neck and aching shoulders. It is a SewEzi table. I have no affiliation, just a very happy user. Everything glides across this table and it comes with one custom fitting plexi-glass insert for your particular machine. I saw it at a quilt show in Paducah. Didn't buy it then, but after fighting with my fabric and it never staying where it needed to be, or sliding the way I thought it should, I finally bit the bullet and bought one. You can also purchase extra inserts for each of your machines; seems like it was around $250 at that time. It comes with a rolling, lightweight carrying case. Website is www.seweziusa.com; in the meantime, the tissue paper does sound like it will work; but that's not a permanent fix for your quilting environment. Good luck with your tablerunner.