My friend and I made our pressing board like the one described above with the double layer of cotton batting and fabric over that. We each used out own ironing board to put the 1 x 4's on, so it fits our ironing boards. It is so nice to be able to pull out and iron the full width of fabric. By being able to put it away frees up a lot of space when I don't need it. It takes up very little space.