My son made me a cutting/ironing table from a 3/4 inch 4x8 board. Used two folding legs from Home Depot. Then I covered it with batting and stripped material and stapled it underneath. I use it for a large ironing board with straight lines from the stripped material. I always wash my material before I cut it, so you need lots of room to iron it after washing. Then I put a large cutting board on one end. The batting is thin enough to make the cutting board very stable. So with the cutting board on one end, you still have enough room at the other end to iron while you are sewing blocks.