Years ago my DH made me a sewing table from two singer treadle bases, he topped it with oak wood and then stained and polyed it. It measures 6' by 30" so it is a very nice size to sew in general on. Above the table on the wall he put me those wired shelving shelves and about 2 months ago I finally got around to making 'pockets' for just about all of the smaller sewing items I use, (seam rippers, marking pens, pencils, scissors, Elmer's, chalk, soap slivers, etc.) to hang from the bottom shelf and this was because I usually ended up with a mess of items to the right of the machine where the 'real estate' was at a premium when quilting. Now I just keep a two tier 8" Rubbermaid turntable that I use for the sewing items I use on what ever current project I am working on. I am trying to deliberately keep my sewing table clean from all objects that I don't use on what the current project is. ( I have other bigger sewing paraphernalia stored elsewhere). For me this works great! This is my way of not getting defeated before I even start a new project as the table is usually pretty clear of any mess and I can psych myself into actually 'wanting' to sew instead of 'HAVING' to clean from the last project before I can proceed. (just don't know how long I can keep this pace...LOL)
Last edited by Sew Freak; 01-27-2014 at 04:43 AM.