My family recentlly suffered a loss, my Mother in-law passed away after several years of gradual declinging health followed by one week of steep downturn. As a result I’m faced with the opportunity to do something for the LOML That I’ve wanted to make for awhile. We’ll be re-purposing her mother’s bedroom into a sewing and computer room. I’ve got two spare benchtops sitting in my shop, so I’m going to build a set of legs for one of them for a sewing table/cutting station for my wife. We’ll also move our computer into there, but we have a nice computer desk for that already. It might take me a couple of weeks, but I’ll post pics once I have the design nailed down and things warm up enough out in my shop for me to avoid frostbite when I’m working.
Thanks for checking in, hope you enjoy the ride.
-- Ned - 2B1ASK1 http://nedswoodshop.blogspot.com
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3fingerpat
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posted 266 days ago
Ned, sorry for your loss, hope all else is well with your family.
Our youngest daughter recently moved out on her own and my wife has moved into the vacated bedroom and has deemed it her sewing room. I still need to get rid of the Capt’s bed so that I can setup the Quilting Frame (10ft in width). My wife already has her new sewing machine setup, ironing board setup and soon her Surger will move into there as well. Good luck and looking forward to watching your progress. My wife is using the old computer desk as her sewing table for now.
-- "You get what you inspect, not what you expect"
ratchet
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posted 266 days ago
Its nice of you to do this for your girl. Looking forward to seeing how it shapes up!
rtb
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Ned, a small word of advice. DON’T TRY TO DO THIS WITHOUT YOUR WIFES INPUT ! people who sew are just as individualised as woodworkers. This is definitely not a one size fits all deal and that includes everything from height of the table/machine to whether or not the table and machine should fold under. good luck
-- RTB. "dumb animals are not stupid they simply can't talk "
NedB
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posted 266 days ago
Pat, thank you for the kind words, we’re fine, this was the classic ‘long time coming & now she’s at peace’ situation. I’ll be getting lots of input from her, but I’m pretty familiar with fabric arts, my mother is a long time quiliter and I have a very good idea or two for what I’d like to give my wife for a studio.
She’s more than ready to make do with a child’s desk to hold up her sewing machine, and until the weather warms up I can see that being the case at first.
-- Ned - 2B1ASK1 http://nedswoodshop.blogspot.com
Beginningwoodworker
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posted 265 days ago
Ned thats going to be nice.
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