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[curiouswombat]

A not very good picture of my new sewing machine.

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[debris4spike]

Great answer

I inherited Mum's which is in it's own worktable ... I really need to get back to sewing

[curiouswombat]

My old one had its own work table that it fitted into - but both table and machine were worn out and we got rid of them before we moved. I did like the old one's table.

[debris4spike]

Yes, I have always envied Mum her cabinet, as it is so much easier than balancing the machine on a table.

[gobbolina]

I cut my fabric either on my ironing board or on the floor.

One time I didn't even had a table, put my sewing machine on the floor and used my knee for the pedal.

[curiouswombat]

I used to almost always cut on the floor - but my knees object these days. Fortunately we have a large, solid, dining table which works really well - except that it is downstairs and the machine is upstairs. But cutting everything out first is not really a hardship in the general scheme of things :)

I was taught to use an electric sewing machine at school - but was not good at controlling it at all. Once I got my own electric one (We had a 1920s hand cranked Jones machine of my granny's for a long time) I realised it was because we had to keep our shoes on - and I quickly learnt to use the foot pedal bare-footed from choice.

[gobbolina]

I've always been bad at sewing. Until I realized after 15 years that you can sew slowly. Big game changer. XD

Also, I only sew barefoot. I don't even like wearing slippers.

[ysilme]

Until I realized after 15 years that you can sew slowly. Big game changer. XD
What a useful discovery, then! :o)

[elwenlj]

Lol. I use one of those TV dinner tables for my machine too.

[curiouswombat]

It works well - but it amuses me that the place I had designated for it has our 5th best computer on it...

[spikesgirl58]

Wow, it's small!

[curiouswombat]

It is about 12-13inches long - so fairly standard for a basic Janome one :) (It does straight, zig-zag, stretch stitch and buttonholes - that is all I really need.)

[spikesgirl58]

Still small compared to my Viking. As long as it does what you want, though, that's all that matters.

[curiouswombat]

I thought you must have a more professional one!

[ysilme]

Yay for new sewing machines! I hear you on the table situation, though. Mine has its own large table, a kind of folding one with a small permanent part in the middle, and the other two parts able to be folded down - bought so I wouldn't use the space permanently for other stuff than sewing. Now guess which table is always put up and beleagured with other things? ;op It's mostly folded and unfolded laundry, but still....

[curiouswombat]

I have a drop leaf one like that in the kitchen - and, like yours, it is rarely bare enough to be folded right down!

[ysilme]

*g* (And thanks for helping me out with the correct term! ♥ )