I have a big board "rack" (a large piece of covered plywood sitting on top of a set of wire drawers) and a small ironing board made from a tv table tray sitting next to my sewing machine. I have both covered with the silver ironing fabric stuff - and then I have a piece of white canvas that I lay on top. I use a LOT of starch so when the canvas gets full of starch and threads I just toss it into the wash. For me it's so much easier to wash the canvas than to recover my boards. I have to wash them every other week or so. I make a lot of quilts - about one a week. (I make samples for my local quilt shop.)