If you could.....?
 

If you could design/build the perfect sewing table what features would you include and how big would you make it?

Keep in mind that space/time is not an issue, so in other words "a perfect world."

Thanks for looking.

My husband made me a fantastic sewing table a few years ago. It is approximately 4 x 6 with a well for the machine to sit in. It has 4 small drawers and 5 deep adjustable shelves along with 6 deep stationery shelves (one to hold my cutting mats). I would have liked for the drawers to be a little deeper but other than that I would not change a thing. We painted the bottom white and stained & put poly on the top.

I would have a table 8' long and an "L" side on my right. My machine would fit in the long part of the table flush. On the outside of it I would have drawers all along it to hold FQ's. On my side I would have a pressing station and drawers under it. To my left I would have more drawers under the table. I had this drawn out and priced. It would have cost me over $4000 and that was with a 40% discount! Needless to say I got a very nice prebuilt sewing table instead!

Mine would be very much like hers. Would have a pegboard side for rulers and templates.

mine would be convertible to turn it into a FMQ quilting station, with a section that flips up from behind to support the weight of a large quilt while quilting. I'm tired of moving my sewing table in front of the desk to FMQ. Another must would be support on the left side to help support the quilt in front of the machine. It would also have LOTS of storage drawers in assorted depths.

Agreed, but I would add a bin for scrapes!

In in addition to all the other ideas, I'd have this, too.

If you could ....
 

DH is going to begin overseeing me reading QB. First the request was s hooks. Now you all have started me thinking about "updates" to my sewing center and, ultimately, to my sewing room. Good show my dears.

The one update I am going to request is a formica topped piece of some sort of lightweight board with rounded corners and edges so it will not snag fabric that will fit over the top of the wide drawer that extends the width of the center. Ta da! Left hand L extension that can be extended and un-extended. And the piece of formica covered board can be upended and stored on edge at the side of the center. How clever you all are!

Yesterday my elderly cell phone went swimming in the washer. So, now I have one that accesses the famous "cloud." I will try getting pictures of what I am talking about if anyone is interested. One of the reasons I am enamored of things that get stuff off the floor of my sewing room is that I sew in what was the first kitchen in this house. It is an eat-in railroad car kitchen. Very long and not wide at all. Electrical outlets galore! It worked as a kitchen but when the kids grew and developed hungry friends who were also musicians and spent lots of time with us and I discovered that I really like to cook and bake, it just was not comfortable. The whole house wasn't and so almost a year of house renovation and addition ensued. The old kitchen's 19 running feet of tile back splashes and countertops combined with oak flooring allows me to roll around like mad without ever getting off the chair. Sweet. Any pictures will disclose a messy sewer who unashamedly hangs, glues, nails, piles, stacks, etc. stuff everywhere. If you have a high tolerance for ruckus, I will try to figure out how to post pictures. A number of you have been kind enough to send pre-icloud instructions and I'll take a shot at it and hope to make them proud.

I cannot thank you enough for being there and helping me get "into trouble." It is time DH expanded into veneers anyway. Yessssss.

Pat

My "PERFECT WORLD" sewing station would have hydraulic legs (for up and down), and locking wheels. Because I want the top to be able to double as a cutting table when not sewing. The wheels so I could easily move my table in front of the window (I love the extra light), and then back out of the window as needed. You said "PERFECT WORLD"

I, too, am blessed with a husband who makes beautiful furniture. Several years ago he made me a cabinet for my sewing machine. It has a hole and lift for my machine, lots and lots of drawers and a flip-up extension on the back for use when I'm quilting. The areas on each side (left of and right of) the machine are long so I have a lot of space to the left for fabric and to the right for things like my notion basket, the phone, a small radio, my machine foot case, etc. On the left there are four drawers (two shallow for pins and needles) and two deep for machine accessories and the manual, as well as garment sewing notions like a tailor's ham, sleeve roll, etc. There are five shallow drawers on the right for things like bobbins, thread spools, scissors and shears, quilting patterns, and such. He also made a small cabinet with an extension the slides onto the right side of the main cabinet with a knee hole opening and a couple of more drawers for use with a serger (when I get one) and some book storage.
Having used it for a while, I would change a few things about it, but I'm not going to complain. It's awesome just the way it isl

Last year he made me a new matching cutting table to my specifications and it, too, is fabulous! It's about 6 ft. long and 2 ft. deep. There are drawers on each side of a large opening in the middle where I store batting and my rotating cutting mat. The right-hand drawers hold my scrap pieces cut to size (2", 2.5", 3", 3.t", 4", and 5", as well as strips in these sizes. In the left-hand drawers I store my quilt-making tools and stencils, as well as WIPs, orphan blocks, and miscellaneous "stuff". I have a large pegboard on the wall above the cutting table for rulers, rotary cutters, yard sticks, and other useful notions. My design wall is to the left of my cutting table. Altogether, it's a really sweet set-up. I truly am blessed.