About 5 years ago I found about three yards of a vintage moss green (coincidence!) wool flannel at a Salvation Army. I decided to use it for batting in a quilt for one of my cousins. I ended up washing and drying it on hot about five times before it finally quit shrinking (I measured it each time.)
After I was done with the quilt, I used the rest, along with some other wool to make a big board ironing board for quilting. It works great! I also used a wool blanket that a friend gave me to make a pad for the ironing board that I use for clothing (doesn't get used much!
) I used a double thickness for that and made a cover with a pretty floral sheet. It's the best ironing board pad I've ever used!