I finally have a dedicated quilting area!

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03-14-2011, 05:53 AM

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Stitchalong

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Location: Battle Creek, Michigan

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What a great area. It is so bright and cheery!

03-14-2011, 05:59 AM

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katlady

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Well done & hope you enjoy sewing in your new room, very neat!!

03-14-2011, 06:07 AM

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ncredbird

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Location: Greeneville, TN

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Originally Posted by wishfulthinking

I love your sewing table. What is the story behind it?

Just needed a table and thought about checking on Craigslist for one. This was listed as a pine farm table for $20.00. It looked like it had been used for children's art projects, all scratched with paint and who knows what else on it. Anyway I knew it was solid maple when I saw it. It weighed a ton. It was in good shape structurally. The legs had already been painted white and only needed to be cleaned really well. DH sanded, refinished, and poly coated the surface. Then we made a template by tracing the shape of the insert and machine. I added 2" to be cut from the right side of the machine so that I could access power and foot pedal cords.
We constructed a box and attached it to the underside of the table to act as a shelf to place the machine on. DH cut a hole in it to thread the power cord up through. We turned it over and put it where I had planned for it to sit and it is waiting for me to use it.

The best sewing table idea I have ever seen was when we were living in NC. An acquaintance had a large area in the basement where she did her quilting. She had an old pingpong table that she used as a cutting table and had her machine set at one end. Then she had a long table to the left side of her sewing machine. Had the whole thing covered with plastic like you would use to cover furniture. I envied that set up but had nowhere near the room for one like it here. I am happy with this. I have years worth of fabric to work at getting rid of. Love all the great comments!, Thanks