I've taken a lot of machine quilting classes and all instructors say start out with the table in the corner of the room for a large quilt. I have an Arrow table that opens up to a large U shape and I have that in the corner. There is plenty of room that the quilt doesn't bunch up much but stops at the wall. LA takes up a lot of room, machine quilting set ups will take up room too in order to have a comfortable less hassle set up.