I just went back to work, (I feel so blessed) so my reply to this is several days past due...but imho, since the back of this cabinet is open and if you have to go for a long spell without sewing or quilting, dust will get into your machine. If it had a solid back, maybe. I have seen some cabinets with a hinged deep shelf that would besupported by gate-legs, that folded along the back of the cabinet to the floor, to get a surface big enough to have a quilt as it gets larger.