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Old 07-22-2011, 04:14 AM
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My DH made me the leg extenders with water pipe that he put the wide flange on the bottom so it is more sturdy when I cut. It is great!
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I used a rolling serving cart from Lowe's, and my huband took PVC pipe to go into the uprights & attached pvc to a plywood top for mu Quilt Cut-2. Perfect height & I can easily move it to a new location since it is on wheels. PM me & I'll send some pix, if interested.
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Originally Posted by leiladylei54
I've been using the floor but age is creeping up on me and am seriously considering using the dining room table or our bed.

Whenever I have used the bed, I find that it's not good. It is not solid enough, there is too much give and makes it difficult to cut correctly. Marge L.
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I also bought the bed risers from Bed, Bath & Beyond I think it was less than 10 bucks, I used it for my sewing table too!
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Old 07-22-2011, 04:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Pat M
I am new to quilting and find cutting is quite a chore. The main problem seems to be my cutting space is too low. I am currently using a long folding table - any suggestions? Has anyone raised their table by using the things you can put under your bed to raise it up? Thanks for your ideas.
I am using them currently and I'm very grateful for the additional height. They come in a couple of different sizes as well. Or you can do as my quilting teacher does and use wooden blocks made from post timbers. She had holes drilled in them to stablize the legs. That way you could customize the height.
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I use bed risers.
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Old 07-22-2011, 04:25 AM
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I use bed risers.
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I also use the bed raisers from Bed, Bath & Beyond. I used their coupon and purchased them for $7. They do have two different sizes. For me this is wonderful.
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Old 07-22-2011, 04:45 AM
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O.K. Don't laugh. My husband went to the post office and got some boxes (you don't have to pay for them until you mail them, which we won't); put them together, and put them on top of my dining room table, with a cutting board on top of them. Worked perfect for me. I think there must be different size boxes. You can then take them apart when you're done until the next time.
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We recently retired and are spending most of the year at our cottage in Michigan. The upstairs is all one open room, that will become my sewing room/guest room. It is big!! I was going to buy a large old table and use the pvc pipes or buy bed risers to put on the legs. But my husband stopped at the local Big Lots store and came home to tell me that there was a perfect cutting table there. My friend and I went up to take a look. It is awesome. It is a really large, square, bistro table - just the perfect height for cutting, pinning, basting etc. It was $100.00, and my friend had a 20% off coupon, so I now possess the best cutting table I've ever seen. Love it, and will now always look at Big Lots for things that I might need.
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