I just use an old towel, doubled, on top of my cutting table for ironing when quilting - and sometimes for clothes! Do the same thing with a folding tv tray when doing pp'ing. Or I can use either/both without the towel for cutting. On my regular cutting table I have the mat on the left end of the table and the doubled towel on the right side so I'm not moving either/both all the time. It's not the biggest of either work surfaces but if I need either one to be larger for some task in particular, I can do so easily. For clothing, I have a small typical style ironing board that DH made for me that attaches to a closet door in the laundry room and folds up when not in use. That I just use a store-bought ironing board cover which is a little softer than what my towel ends up being after lots of use. Then I just grab another towel, fluff it up a bit and use that on the cutting table.