Quick and easy! (I found my way here from Craft.com’s blog)

However, I’m not sure I’d trust something like this on top of my cutting mat …

Awesome!! I need to make one of these!! I linked to your tutorial over at Craft Gossip Sewing:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-ironing-mat/2010/12/19/
–Anne

I think that would work great. My thinking while I was making it was that I just wanted to fill it with a thin layer material. Think of it as “fill it with 2 pieces of anything 20×30″. I can be kind of an idiot when I’m in a creative mode, and I’ll iron stuff right on my, well , just about anything. I know I know, not good to hear, but it’s true. So for me, this was all about having something to grab to protect my surfaces from my stupidity and impatience.

I tend to also be working on something that’s already pressed – this isn’t for large pressing jobs – so it’s more just tapping the iron to the item I’m working on to make a seam flat or press down a hem line.

The best scenario would be a double layer of muslin on both sides with wool felt in between. But being that this is a leftovers project, I didn’t have any wool felt on hand :) But yes, that would definitely be the way to go.

That’s actually a pretty nifty idea! I’ve been tossing up what to do with this and had been tempted to buy one of those tiny travel ironing boards but haven’t because that’s just more expense and I still have to store it somewhere! But this is a good idea I can tuck it away if I’m not using it and I probably don’t have to buy anything to make it – hopefully.

Would insulat work instead of wool. That’s what I use when making potholders.