I don't know who makes it, but I have just the thing for that portable type ironing space you speak of, Teacup. Someone gave it to me as a gift several years ago, and mine is at our houseboat, because we don't have enough power (parked at the end of the really, really long dock) nor room for a regular ironing board. This is a small square thing, about 12x15 inches, with a cutting board on one side and a padded ironing surface on the other. I set it on a small table beside my sewing stool, and use one of those small ironing sticks that will press only your seams as you go. Perfect for the boat, but I didn't care much for it while I had it in my sewing room--I prefer getting up to cut and iron, so I am moving around, my back doesn't bother me so much that way. And, at the boat, I am not staying in one spot so long at one time--plus I have to quit altogether when we start to rock so much. Makes my head crazy and I have to go hold on at the deck.