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Originally Posted by
rryder
Green Stamps! Got my very first pair of roller skates with green stamps! Ironing boards-- couldn't find one that I liked that didn't cost a fortune, so made one from a wooden board, some cotton batting and that silver ironing board fabric. I lay it on the end of my cutting table when I want to iron yardage, iron a quilt top and backing before basting or baste a quilt using fusible batting.
I've heard a lot of quilters who've done that. I'd like to, but no energy, so I suffer with the one I have. It makes so much sense. They however attach it to the top of their boards to make them longer or wider. There are a few u tube videos on this conversion. My motivation is renewed. Lol.
I don't have room in either of the rooms that I use for studio space, or I'd d something like that., but my board is fairly light weight so I can move it on and off the cutting table as needed. One thing I'd do different is look for a longer and wider board, mine's only 40 inches long and 14 inches wide. But it was a freebie, so I can't complain. I did dream the ther night that I had a 10 foot x 10 foot board-- it was really nice- I could iron an entire quilt top without having to shuffle it around, but it was hard to pick up and put on my cutting table LOL. Come to think of it, I woke up before finding out if I my arms would stretch enough to reach the center
Rob