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A Welcome Addition

I got to welcome the newest member to my family this month!  I purchased a new sewing machine and I’m super excited about it!

My wonderful husband cut out an opening in my sewing table to accommodate the larger machine so it is flush with the table top and I can have a larger quilting area! It is going to be perfect to try out some free motion quilting! I can’t wait!

I LOVE my little Janome DC2010, but it’s throat area is only 6 inches and that makes quilting anything above a crib size quilt a hassle.

So, I found this Babylock Jazz II with a 12 INCH THROAT!! What?!?!?!!?

I can’t wait to crank out a queen or king size quilt on this baby!!

I am going to keep my beloved Janome and use it for piecing and as a “travel” machine since it is smaller and lighter than the Babylock.

I already have a couple of quilt sandwiches ready to go!! Woo Hoo!!

Happy Quilting! -Alison

A Quilting Table

For Christmas, I wanted a new sewing table.  For years, I have used an old computer desk and it was just no good.  I wanted the bed of my sewing machine to be level with the table top to make sewing easier.  I looked for a premade table to purchase and, oh boy, were they expensive!  Even the used tables were outrageous!  Way more money than I wanted to spend.  (I prefer to spend my money on stitching supplies and quilt fabric.)

Then, I had the brilliant idea to search the web for plans on how to make my own table.  And, voila!  I found numerous tutorials on how to make your own custom sewing table. I ended up using the easy to follow instructions of the Blue Dinosaurs blog.  She uses an Ikea INGO table and a few simple supplies found at your local hardware store.  As luck would have it, there is an Ikea store just down the road from me.

So, I did what any self-respecting grown woman would do – I begged and pleaded with my wonderful husband to make this project for me.  And he said yes!  Did I say how wonderful he is?   He even went to Ikea without me to buy the table.  And words cannot describe how much he dislikes that store.  He is a great guy, isn’t he?

This is the result.

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Isn’t it beautiful?  I love it!  It still needs a little sanding and eventually I will paint it a pretty color.

I can’t wait to use it!

Here is the link to the instructions:

http://bluedinosaurs.com/diy-platform-sewing-table/