My quilting set up
If you have been reading my blog for very long, you know that making quilts is not a casual hobby for me. Making colorful things out of fabric has been a major part of my life since I learned to sew in home ec. class in high school. A couple people have commented about my set up so I thought I would show you the other side of it. This is a Koala brand cabinet with matching chest of drawers. 
When you are quilting larger pieces, you can turn the chest of drawers sideways, open the top 2 drawers and put the extension piece on top of them. This keeps the quilt from falling to the floor as you are working and lets you keep both hands where you need them, and not supporting the quilt.
I do have to change to a chair without arms on it when I use the extension or I won't be centered in front of the needle. The red square thing that my foot control is setting on is one of those silicone potholders. As long as you keep it dusted off, it keeps the control from sliding away from you.
When you are quilting larger pieces, you can turn the chest of drawers sideways, open the top 2 drawers and put the extension piece on top of them. This keeps the quilt from falling to the floor as you are working and lets you keep both hands where you need them, and not supporting the quilt.
I do have to change to a chair without arms on it when I use the extension or I won't be centered in front of the needle. The red square thing that my foot control is setting on is one of those silicone potholders. As long as you keep it dusted off, it keeps the control from sliding away from you.
8 comments:
What a great versatile set up!
Thankyou for showing us.
Nice to refresh my memory with showing us your set up. So organized as usual. re:foot control...I have bought one of those vinyl expensive foot control pieces molded specifically, to keep it from sliding... that did not work so I put down some rubber shelf liner, for my foot control, it did a so- so job. Thanks for the silicone pot holder tip. Never thought of that one. J~MT
I LOVE the daylight bulbs in my studio - sometimes I even go up there after work when I'm too tired to sew, just so I can "soak up the rays" ... love your set up! (and I'm packing a silicone pot holder into my travel bag today)
I'm buying a silicon potholder next time I'm in town. I've tried many things but nothing really works. I read somewhere that you can get a thing to stick an ipod on your car dash and that is supposed to work but I've never seen one. Hopefully, this will work for me.
Well the minute I read the silicone potholder idea I knew it was for me too! I have two, and one is coming to my sewing room today. Thanks Wand. Just the thing to get me back to the machine today.
Thanks for the fuller look at your setup, Wanda. I'd be sewing all the time if I had that right by the window! I'm taking notes for the next place. ;-)
I guess I'll be taking my silicone pot holder to my sewing room. I already have taken my silicone cookie sheet liner (protects my ironing board surface from sticky fusible web) Also have a roll of freezer paper and baking paper in my sewing room. Maybe I need a combo kitchen/sewing room!?
Silicone potholder -- a great idea! Thanks!
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