I took a straight edge down the center of my ironing board and drew a straight line with a black Sharpie.
This is so great to line the seam line up for pressing. Especially when you are chain stitching. It keeps stitchlines from getting wonky.

I have been wanting to do this, but was afraid that even a Sharpie might leave marks on the fabric. Let me know how it works. I think it would be great for pressing bindings too.

What a great idea!!!

Just in case the Sharpie leaves a mark (and it might) I had a thought. I have not done this but thought it might be a good idea. How about taking the board cover off and folding it in half lengthwise (to create a crease as a guide) and then sewing a straight line with your sewing machine following the crease. If this works (again I don't know if it will) then you could add different angles as well, such as 45, 30, 60 and anything else you might need.

It seems like a good idea in my head but who knows if it will be practical. Hope this helps. Just a thought.

Wow...what a wonderful idea!!!!!! You are so clever... I am going to do that tomorrow.

Please let me know if it works. Seems very logical in my head but.....

It is works, I am more than happy to help others out.

Hi Barbara,

Since you will be trying tomorrow, I had another thought.

You might want to use different colors of thread for different areas. Such as, if doing a 30 degree angle, use one color. If doing a 45 degree angle, use another color. Also you could use same color(s) for a specific project. Just trying to be helpful.

Actually, I have been doing this for over 2 yrs. Use only a black Sharpie! Both red & green will run if they get water splashed on them. I have a 5' x 9' padded table that I gridded with 1" squares over twenty years ago. I have metal ruler strips on both sides, so it was fairly easy to grid.
I did use both red & green on the long edges at 2", 4" for pressing up hem lines for draperies. The red & green only run if they get wet. They can be steamed.
You can press any angle on the one line, because you just line up the stitch line. It makes a lot of difference.

How clever you all are!!

I apologize Joyce. I didn't mean to offend you (if I did). I tried using a sharpie once on a quilt top I was working on and the ink ran. I was so upset. I put the quilt top up and never went back to it. That was the only reason I suggested the machine stitching.