I too had a homemade 'add on' to my real ironing board....plywood w/a long trim piece..lay the real iron board upside down to where the top and sides are...draw a line (marking the edges)cut trim piece and nail it to that spot...flip plywood over, I added my warm and natural batting staple gunned it on the underside of the plywood...then put a cute country gingham and stapled it too. The wood board sits snug on my real ironing board and won't slide around..if I ruin the top fabric...easily replaced. So, if you have a table, then just put your cotton batting in a couple of layers, add what fabric you want on top (a thicker muslin or 2 layers of thinner would be great)..if you can staple to the underside of the table, then that is exactly what I'd do:)You will love it! Skeat