Sullivans Sleeve Ironing Board

Works great. Just the right size for tighter sleeve openings.

The product is great . The packaging was very difficult to open. There has to be an easier way to send the product.

The cover on this board is very cheap and loose. Doesn’t look anything like the pictures. Overall it still functions but I have to adjust the cover each time because it is so loose.

I've owned a sleeve board just like this for 35 years, sewn for almost 45 years. I bought it, because I had moved out of my parents' house and could no longer use my mother's pressing tools. She was also a lifelong seamstress who sewed most of her own clothes and(!) had a board like this! While it is advisable for sewers to have an array of pressing aids--ham, seam stick with wool cover, sleeve roll, clapper, etc.--you can get by without some of those for a long, long time by having this particular hinged sleeve board. For folks who like their shirts to have a hand-pressed, not machine-pressed, finish this is all you need to avoid putting creases in sleeves, or anywhere else they shouldn't be. (Creases=wear and tear.) Use the narrow ends for pressing ruffles, smaller baby and children's garments, and 'dress' it with shirts or blouses laid across the narrow end of your ironing board (moving the wider end of the sleeve board from one shoulder to the other, in turn) to press back yokes and shoulder seams.I gave one star for 'light weight', because it's irrelevant. It'd be vastly improved by being made of solid wood boards hinged together as this one is. The hinge is falling out of my old 'board, because the particle board is starting to flake from being exposed to moisture. My original was sold by June Tailor notions, and had a much sturdier hinge; it snapped to when it was set up, and I had to use some force to fold the prop back down flat.The padding and covers are completely inadequate. If you really sew, you'll want to replace them with sturdier materials before use. I'd definitely choose a padding fabric that resists moisture and heat to extend the life of the board. And make sure when you cut the padding you add enough at the edges to pad your edges. Okey-dokey?Have fun! It's a great design. Oh! Make a muslin drawstring bag to store it, too, and be sure it'll hang from a hook when you've put it away.

Wobbly construction, thin padding and cover.