Thank you I like the idea but maybe I will wait a while and see how I go, I have been doing appliqué lately and thought it might help, that wa until I saw the price.
I am a bit tempted on a small one as it might be good for the small pieces.
I do have a home made ironing pad, I made it from a board and one of those grey reflective ironing board covers, it works well for most things but with small bits they can slide on it.