A couple of months ago I was in the mood to make a board large enough to iron the width of fabric. I debated about going to the local home improvement store to get my board. Then I had one of those moments. (Light bulb) My husband inherited some very long covered bulletin boards from his old office. The ones they use in cubicls. I covered it with my leftover 100% cotton batting. Then I had some muslin and used that. I too leave mine on my ironing board all the time. I only use it for ironing my fabric. K 8-)