I pointed that out to him, but since he's a lefty, he claims that won't work for him. I've gotten to the point where I have to leave the room when he irons, or I get a case of the giggles.

Hey - at least he irons his own shirts! :thumbup:

Peggi, if he's left-handed, doesn't he iron with the narrow end on the right anyway? All the lefties I know do.

Yeah, my ironing board is turned too.

Well, I just asked him, and he said after watching me iron fabric, he now turns the ironing board around and presses his shirts on the wide end, too!

I'm starting to wonder why we even need the boards that taper at one end. Most quilters I know make those wide tops for their boards.

That's the way my daughter uses hers. Doesn't work for me, though. I can't get the hand of ironing shirts and blouses with the narrow end on the right. Would be great for ironing quilt tops though.

What a simple solution! Thanks for sharing with those if us who are more conventional! I will def give it a try. :-)

I'm so confused!!!!! I didn't know there was a certain way that the ironing board would normally stand. I've lived in a trailer forever so I have to haul it out into the kitchen when I want to use it and I've never set it up a certain way, it just depends on which way I open it that particular day (narrow end to the right...narrow end to the left). when I quilt it's all dependent on which way I walk up to it...as my sewing machine is over here but my cutting area is on the table over there...so I access both sides.

That's what I do. Set the iron on the narrow side and you have more room to iron (if you are right handed)

Great idea. Thanks for sharing