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Table for serger, SM, coverstitch machine Need inexpensive solution for tables.
Klunky   Advanced Beginner OH USA Member since 8/6/11 Posts: 49	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/29/12 12:31 PM I have previously used these 3 machines (SM, serger, coverstitch) on the dining room table, but now have space available in a mostly empty bedroom. I already have my favorite SM in a dedicated cabinet in there but would like to have the other 3 set up and ready to use. A sewing studio set-up is out of the question financially; do you think I could use the 4' plastic tables usually on sale around Thanksgiving at Costco & other places? I'm thinking two of them could be pushed together, and covered with a mat to serve as a cutting board. Your thoughts on this? Thanks. ------ Klunky
PattiAnnJ   Advanced OH USA Member since 12/3/06 Posts: 5219	Login to reply to this post In reply to Klunky << Like this post Date: 9/29/12 12:54 PM I don't have a fancy-schmancy sewing area, just 1/4 of a finished basement area for sewing and cutting and another 1/4 for storing fabric that I probably will never use. I was okay with your idea until you added cutting mat. I don't think your intended configuration would be steady enough for the pressure of a rotary cutter. My husband made a extension table for my serger from wood. I use it to help hold bulkier fabrics as I am serging. I slip my serger manual and companion books under the table for easy access as needed. This is steady enough for a cutting mat, but too high for safe, comfortable, accurate cutting with a rotary cutter. The serger sets on a banquet table that is at a right angle to my sewing machine table. That is where I keep a small cutting mat for trimming with a rotary cutter. Serger supplies are stored in a rolling card (without the wheels; using sliders) under the banquet table. If you can find a site that has these tables, please post for our viewing pleasure. ------ “I don’t give them Hell, I just tell the truth about them and they think it’s Hell.” — Harry Truman
Julkane   Intermediate PA USA Member since 9/14/07 Posts: 446	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/29/12 1:17 PM I have a dedicated sewingroom and too many machines. I have an embroidery machine set up on my mom's Singer cabinet - works fine because I rarely sit to embroider. I have a 4 foot table that you are referring to for my Elna Excellence with the extension table attached to it. This works great because there is so much room left over for my quilts to rest on. I like the height of this table the best for FMQ. This table works well because I use an adjustable office chair to take from machine to machine. My coverstitch and serger sit on older sewing machine cabinets but since I use them less than my Elna I just take my chair to them. ------ Elna Excellence 740, Pfaff Quilt expression 4.0, Janome 300E, Brother 8500D, Janome 900CPX CoverPro, Brother 5234 Project Runway Serger, Singer Treadle http://juliannasjourney.blogspot.com/
Klunky   Advanced Beginner OH USA Member since 8/6/11 Posts: 49	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/30/12 8:14 PM Much thanks for sharing your ideas PattiAnnJ and Julkane. I appreciate you taking the time. It might be easier to continue cutting on my covered/protected dining room table, then move to the room where the machines are. I will go shopping this week,but I am not in a hurry. -- Edited on 9/30/12 8:15 PM -- ------ Klunky
Klunky   Advanced Beginner OH USA Member since 8/6/11 Posts: 49	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/30/12 8:17 PM sorry, tried to spell PattiAnnJ correctly but hit the wrong button. -- Edited on 9/30/12 8:18 PM -- ------ Klunky
Peggy   Advanced Beginner MT USA Member since 10/8/02 Posts: 653	Login to reply to this post In reply to Klunky << Like this post Date: 9/30/12 8:55 PM I bought a couple of inexpensive filing cabinets at a garage sale and then about a 10ft piece of counter top from home depot. This works great and only cost about $30 total.
heathergwo Advanced Beginner CA USA Member since 11/14/11 Posts: 766	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/30/12 9:17 PM I set up my new sewing room recently and purchased tables from Ikea. They are pretty inexpensive and nice and sturdy and actually look nice as well! I got the Vika Amon/Vika Adils products as they are mix & match. You can pick the size table top you want - prices start at $10.99 for the table tops (I think mine were around $20 & $30 for my two tables) and then you purchase the legs you want separately. I bought 4 of the Vika Kaj legs which were $15 each. But they have ones as cheap at $3.50 each. So you could have a nice solid table for around $25 What I really like is that you can customize the size & shape you want. They have corner pieces or short pieces, long pieces and then different finishes, so you can have birch, white or black and then get the various legs in a height that works for you! They are quality products that aren't expensive... now I am starting to sound like an Ikea ad! NAYY I am planning on getting two of these bar tables for my cutting table. But right now I just use a card table that you can get at Target for around $20 with a cardboard cover and then a rotary cutting mat on top. HTH and good luck! ------ Brother Innovis 1250D Singer Curvy 8763 Brother 1034D Janome 385.19606 Brother 2340CV
Pyrose   Intermediate MD USA Member since 2/12/06 Posts: 2022 Board Moderator	Login to reply to this post Like this post Subject: Topic moved Date: 10/1/12 0:14 AM This topic has been moved from Bugs/Errors and Bug Fixes to Sewing Spaces ------ Jennifer pyroses.blogspot.com ThinkGeek: "E-mail has been around since before computers. At first, e-mails were written on rocks and thrown at neighbors. CC-ing a rock e-mail could be dangerous for an entire village. Then, e-mails were written on paper and put in weird paper things called envelopes and the postal system delivered them. This was slow. Finally, e-mail as we know it came around."
Klunky   Advanced Beginner OH USA Member since 8/6/11 Posts: 49	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 10/2/12 1:38 AM Today I found 4' tables at Costco. Adjustable height is 24", 29" or 34". They are sturdy; the legs fold under for storage. $36.99 before tax. Bought 1 to try out. ------ Klunky
SouthernStitch   Advanced LA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 8383	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 10/2/12 9:52 AM Oh do let us know how it works. If I get a new sewing machine next year, I want to set the other up as embroidery only. Id prefer standing, so the taller the better. ------ Bernina 730E, 530, and 350PE Juki TL2010 Singer 221 FW, 403a When life gives you green velvet curtains, make a green velvet dress.

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