How about a lilttle place you can reach while seated at your machine to put a pad and an iron so you don't have to get up to press seams? I know Joanne's has one that is about a foot long that's a cutting board on one side for trimming and a heatproof pad on the other side for pressing. You'd still want to set up your ironing board, of course, but this would allow you to press as you go at least some of the time.