For a neat "binding buddy" buy a foam swimming noodle at the dollar store, cut it into 6-8 inch lengths. Run a long shoe string or length of bias tape thru the center hole, long enough to go around your neck, then role your binding around it as you press it in half. It will unroll easily as you sew the binding to the quilt.
I use an old cafeteria table as a cutting table . To make it taller I cut 4- 14inch lengths of PVC pipe in a diameter to fit the legs, stuck one on each leg, now table is right height.
Instead of buying a "wooden iron" use one half of a spring type clothes pin.
Sharpen the pointy end of a wooden chop stick, use as a stiletto or a point turner. The other end can be used as a wooden iron
Make a Muslin pillow case for your portable ironing board. It can be removed and washed.