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sewing table....help!
Some time ago I saw a post where someone had made a sewing table out of a wooden dining table. They cut a hole in the table top and set their sewing machine in so that the machine bed was even with the table top. Can anyone help me find that post. The author had posted the instructions on how to make it. I have finally found someone to make one for me and now I can't find those instructions. Has anyone else seen that post or knows how I can find it?
Any help and suggestions is greatly appreciated! Thank you! Susan |
Eleanor Burns had some instructions on her website. Try googling Quilt in a Day?
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Originally Posted by Monroe
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Eleanor Burns had some instructions on her website. Try googling Quilt in a Day?
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Google sewing machine table Ikea hack and you'll find lots of ideas.
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Thanks Sunny580 and Cass62! I think both of these will be helpful to my DS's friend when he starts building my table!
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Thanks everyone for all the helpful suggestions!! You guys are the BEST!
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There should be a u-tube video because she taped a show with her son actually doing all the steps that needed to be done.
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If you haven't already found the dining table, I suggest you look for a computer table. My DH picked one up from a local school and the keyboard area is where my machine sits. The rest of the table (and it is big) is for spreading quilts out or my "stuff." All that he did was support the keyboard area with some wood. My sewing machine is flush with the rest of the table....same concept as your idea, but much simpler (in my humble opinion.) The keyboard "drawer" is off center but I have room on both sides. LOTS of room on the left side and some on the right.
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I got a great pattern for a table at Keepsake Quilting. You don't really need the instructions if you already have a table, but it helps with figuring out the drop mechanism etc. I could never go back to sewing on a flat table!
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That computer table idea sounds very clever.
Since I couldn't think of that, I ended up with a butcherblock island top - 1 1/2" thick walnut. It's gorgeous but does require a serious saw to cut out the sewing machine hole. And I will say that it doesn't rock or sway like my Ikea table does. You might want to consider that factor when you choose the table. hugs, Charlotte |
Originally Posted by sailsablazin
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If you haven't already found the dining table, I suggest you look for a computer table. My DH picked one up from a local school and the keyboard area is where my machine sits. The rest of the table (and it is big) is for spreading quilts out or my "stuff." All that he did was support the keyboard area with some wood. My sewing machine is flush with the rest of the table....same concept as your idea, but much simpler (in my humble opinion.) The keyboard "drawer" is off center but I have room on both sides. LOTS of room on the left side and some on the right.
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Originally Posted by charlottequilts
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That computer table idea sounds very clever.
Since I couldn't think of that, I ended up with a butcherblock island top - 1 1/2" thick walnut. It's gorgeous but does require a serious saw to cut out the sewing machine hole. And I will say that it doesn't rock or sway like my Ikea table does. You might want to consider that factor when you choose the table. hugs, Charlotte Well, I would never use a saw, I would use a router with a template cut to the size of my opening. Woodworking is one of my other passions. tim in san jose |
Originally Posted by k_jupiter
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Well, I would never use a saw, I would use a router with a template cut to the size of my opening. Woodworking is one of my other passions. tim in san jose
Too bad you're so far away. :) hugs, Charlotte |
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