I read through all the responses but didn't see any suggestions about the ironing- there is an ironer that was made by a company called Ironrite - this is an ironer that you sit at that was made to iron sheets and table clothes - it makes short work of ironing long pieces of fabric - and once you get the hang of it its quite fun - where as ironing long pieces on and ironing board is a real pain. look on ebay I have seen them on sale regularly - I have my mothers and I love it - you just have to find someone locally who likes to tinker with old things because they need to be oiled occationally- keep up the good work