I thought that was me writing. I have a little corner in our front room and I have my sewing machine on my ironing board, turn to the left is my cutting table (foldable), turn to the right again and I have a cabinet (actually it is an antique commode that I keep my tools and thread in) and I have my table ironing board on that. Taking the legs off is a terrific idea. Except for one little thing. I store my pattern and extra fabric under the ironing board. I also use my big iron. I tried travel irons and they don't have the feel for an iron that I like, so I use my regular iron. I also take off the sewing machine, raise up the ironing board and cut larger pieces of fabric and iron larger pieces of fabric. I just got a chair, swivel, with rollers that I use to work myself dizzy. I keep a certain amount of room on the cutting table for a lamp, a cd player to listen to audio books and a glass of pop or wine.
I love the "make-do with what we have" way of doing things. Then I have more money for fabric. Edie