I'm marching right along with you. My son, who can fix ANYTHING, told me not to buy anything because he could make for nothing. My 4'x4' ironing board is now going to cover the entire dining room table and it will go around my sewing machine. When I asked where I was supposed cut out my patterns his reply was, You didn't tell me you wanted a cutting mat on it!!!!!! I tried to tell him, but it fell on deaf ears. He knew what he was doing... BTW, I still don't have the board, big or small :hunf: