I recently had DH cut me from styrofoam a form fitted 'table' to fit my machine. He used 2-2" thick slabs of insulation from left overs so they measured just about 18" to the left of the machine bed an wrapped around the free arm of the machine. I then stacked the two pieces and covered them with a heavy gauge plastic. And as for being able to see I have a 1" plastic raised bed form at the back and wedging to nothing at the front so my machine is then tilted forward enabling me to see at this angle instead of having me to strain looking at the he area of the needle. Sorry if I'm not explaining this very well but if you would like to see a picture I will try to send one. Just send me a PM. I'm too cheap to spend money on a table made for my machine! A Margurite ? has a table made from full size sheets (or at least almost full size sheets) tutorial out on the web. Good luck to you!