A friend of mine got me to using self sticking flooring tiles for templates. they are great draw the pattern on the paper backing, and cut out with old scissors or kitchen shears. real easy, hold up great as long as you don't keep cutting into them. they are real cheap. don't take the paper off the back. I also made a folding ironing board with the wooden TV. tables they are great to put anywhere, and the right size and highet when you are setting at your machine. I also made a nice size lazy susan one side for pressing and the other for cutting. put the round wood at homedepot and the lazy susan turning part for less then $10 used it a lot when we lived in a fifth-wheel trailar. something else thats turns things inside out is the plastic cover that go over the thermoter in hospitals. I have a lot of other goodies, but am having a hard time seeing, and spelling today.