I, too, have one of the tables that the flaps fold down for storage. Not that it ever gets put away, mind you. I have a mat about the size of one of the flaps at one end and I use folded over towels on the other end for ironing. If I have a large quantity of yardage to iron, I simply remove the mat and add more towels. And if I'm cutting from a large quantity of folded (selvage to selvage) yardage, I can lightly fold that at the ironing end and pull to the cutting end as needed. It's all I've got room for. I also use it for sandwiching. Center the top over the entire table, clamp all my layers as needed and start pinning or thread basting from the center out. Shift the completed basted section, re-clamp as necessary and repeat. I'm short so I would really like the table a few inches shorter but I can live with it as is.