Want to be able to press on my dining room table
#31
Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 141
My LQS sells little kits containing insulbright for batting and a piece of heavier fabric to make a cover for a Walmart tv table. The tables are wooden and very sturdy--sell for around $6 at my last check and then you make a drawstring cover for over it or you can even use heavy staples and staple it on. Mine sits right by my machine and I just press as I go. They really are wonderful. When they get a bit scorched, I just let the cover on and put a new one over top. Best thing ever.
#34
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 317
I wanted to have a larger ironing surface that I could move around. I used scrap plywood about 3' X 4', some felted wool yardage (sale fabric too heavy for a coat), and a remnant of 100% cotton decorator fabric. It took very little time to staple gun the fabrics on there. I move it to several different surfaces, usually to a 36" high counter next to the kitchen. I like having a larger rectangle to iron rows of blocks and yardage for garment sewing. Before I got a dedicated cutting table, I would flip it over and put my largest Olfa mat on the bare wood. I remember reading that a wool underlayer is recommended for tailoring and fusing interfacing because of the way it holds the steam and then evaporates.
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#37
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 6,430
I use one of my two June Tailor press pads. They have a moisture-blocking inner liner which prevents steam from penetrating to the wood below. They come in various sizes and one is permanently mounted on a TV tray beside my machine. I have used these on the washing machine (no enamel damage), the kitchen counter, a table on my back porch. . . . You get the picture.
#40
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Central Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
Posts: 7,695
Please be cautious when using a matress cover, some of them are polyester and will melt onto the blanket and or sheet.
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