Welcome to the Board! I'm excited that you are going to make a quilt! I made my first quilt at age 74 and am now hooked on quilting. I do have a sewing room; but it is small. My machine is not in a corner. I have a TV tray that I use as additional support to my quilt when I am quilting. I do all my piecing on a Singer featherweight and my quilting on a 13 year old Bernina. I have quilted an oversized king quilt on that machine; but now I send anything over twin size to a LAQ. Use your dining table. If you like hand quilting, go for it! You can do machine quilting on your machine or send your quilts out to a LAQ. Just get started with your first quilt. Best wishes!