QuilterMomof3, I don't have much of a table for one of my machines, and the machine is not set down in the table either. I just move the machine over so I've got maximum space for the excess quilt on the left. Then, behind the machine (where the fabric is going after I sew it), I put down a little piece of rubber shelf liner or carpet pad and stack some big books up to make a bed level with the machine. Then the quilt doesn't drag off the back as badly when I'm sewing. Old yearbooks are great for this purpose LOL .