Originally Posted by
marjben
Thanks for the info quilters!
Approximately how much room is needed for the 12’ quilting frame Wesing? Not just the frame, I’m guessing that’s 12’
but room around it to be able to comfortably function? That’s the part I lack knowledge in the most.
You need the 12 feet for the table plus room to walk around. I once had one end of mine against a wall but sure got a lot of extra exercise walk around one end only. Now, in a new place, I'm able to walk around both ends and do notice the shorter walking distance. On the sides you need the width of the table and at least 2 1/2 feet on each side for walking. I have seen where quilters roll they table against a wall depending on whether they are doing pantos(work from the back) or free-motion(work from the front). Come to think of it, you still need to get to the front when you are sewing pantos to do placement, starting and stopping, etc. so don't know how others do that if one side is against a wall.
My present sewing room is 4 feet short of the size of a two car garage. My longarm is in the basement. It could be in the sewing room but that does have a couple of corners with slanted ceilings which can be a problem with planning layout. I have a single bed "guest corner" in the room and if I took that out I could probably fit the longarm but actually like it in the basement which is very large and I can take all the room I want.
As others have said, you can use all the room you can find or make.