I have an ironing table I made with a wooden tv table. I think I found the instructions here??? it has a layer of warm and white then a piece of canvas stapled to it. You spray that with water and let it dry so it shrinks to fit. I love it beside my machine as my room doesn't have enough space for my ironing board close to me. I use the same ironing table for applique. I pin the top of the block to the canvas with straight pins, keeps everything from moving and the bottom part is loose for hand stitching. Don't know if this helps but it works great for me.