I have the Steady Betty pressing board and I love it. When I first started trying to quilt I noticed that when I pressed the fabric, it look like some of it shrunk and/or lost its shape. I took a piece of it to Walmart and showed it to the lady in the fabric department. She said she was a quilter and told me about the Steady Betty. She said it would hold my fabric in place and prevent the stretching. She said they weren't cheap but were well worth the money. She was right. I could immediately see the difference in the fabric pressed before Steady Betty and that pressed after. My only regret is that I didn't buy the bigger size.