I like the look and feel of fabric before its washed for most of my projects, and that the quilt does shrink just a little after it's quilted is, in my opinion, an improvement. However, if I embroider on something that is not pre-shrunk, that could be bad news. So I decided that I would just wash everything. And I do mean all of it. I have a bit of an inventory, so it took a few days. Well, of course now it all needs ironed. I like to iron, but not his much or on a skinny little ironing board. This is the fix! I bought 2 yds. of insul-bright and 2 yds. of silver ironing board cover, serged the 2 pieces together, and boom, there you go. The whole project took 5 minutes. My kitchen table is an ironing board fit to lay out fabric at its full width with not nearly so much fighting and re-positioning. When I'm done, I just fold it up and tuck it behind my alterations tote.
If you want to do this, I rcommend making the ironing cover so that it hangs down over the edges a bit on at least the front and back of the , this will help keep the pad from shifting. Mine doesn't shift too much and I think this is precisely why. Now my wonderful Aunts have done this but they used a smaller pad and tacked it to a piece of OSB or particle board. Then they slide it behind something when not in use. This is also a good idea. It depends solely on what works for you. As for me, I LOVE my ironing pad!
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