Placement of sewing machine

So that we're all singing from the same page, the measurement I took was from the needle to the front edge of the table. My sweet old Singer is mounted in a 'real' cabinet and it is permanently set at 10 and 1/4". The Berninas (I can move them) are only 6 1/4" from the edge. I like to get up close and personal with the SM. Not so close that I get banged in the eye with the uptake lever - but pretty close. 'Somehow' you probably will have to decide what's best for your own eyesight and comfort. I don't know how much countertop you can have to the sides of the SM but do try to have at least 12" to the right and as much as you can get to the left; 12' would be really cool. Polly

"Jane asked > My husband is making me a sewing table, just a piece of

My sewing machine table (brand unknown) has the needle 9 1/2" from the front of the table. I wouldn't want it any closer.

I thought I was the only one on earth that ever got their eyeball THAT close to the machine? Not that I know what that's all about... no no... that was a typo on my part !!! That's what it was! A typo caused by an old war wound back when I had to make quilts to keep the rocks soft! yeah............. never ever have I been bonked in the face/eye/head with that darn thing...... nope nope....

~KK in BC~

My Pfaff 7570 sits in a Sylvia Design table and the needle is 9" from the front edge of the table. Both of my industrials have the needle 6" from the front of their tables. I don't seem to have a problem with either placement.

Something else I was too polite to mention was that some of us have more in front of us than others (in addition to accurate bi-focal distance). No. I was too polite to mention that. Polly

"~KK in BC~" wrote >I thought I was the only one on earth that ever got their eyeball THAT close

Yeah, in more ways than one. Let's just not go there. :(

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You mean to tell me that those sticky outy parts are NOT for using as tools for sewing? garwsh............. ya lern sumptin new erey day!!!

~KK in BC~

ROFL.

Like you Polly I like to get up close! I have a fairly "roomy" desk and the machine sits on top to the side. When I need to use Jammin' Janome I whip her top off and pull her close (talkin' dirty all the while, tellin' her how I'll oil her up and clean her out.... but that's another story!), usually about 6-8" away from the desk's edge. Close.

You got me up to measure and in the process I discovered that someone has swiped my yardstick! Wait until my DDH and DS#1 wake up. Somebody better fess up and return it! Anyway, my sewing table is

28-3/4 inches high, chair seat is 22 inches high and needle is 9-1/2 inches from the table edge. (I'm 5'4" but short waisted, so I need things where I sit to be fairly low.) I like to have room in front of my sm for a small scissors, seam rippers and magnetic pin cushion as well as what I'm working on. I have a 6 ft. table with a hole cut in it.... until I can get what I really want. That will be 2 ready made bathroom cabinets (shorter than kitchen cabinets) with the "toe kick" area cut off them to have the correct height for me. I want a 15 in. four drawer cab to the right (widest drawer unit in bathroom cabs in this cheap-y line) and a 30 inch sink cabinet to the left. The dummy front on the cabinet where the sink would go can be unscrewed and I'll build a shelf behind it and add hinges to access the shelf- that will be to store square rulers and graph paper and stuff like that. Then I'm going to order a 6 ft. bar-type countertop (3 ft. deep) with a hole cut out for the sm. This way the cabinets and top will match the island cabinet and top I have for my cutting/planning table. I'm thinking I can do it for about $250- much, much cheaper than any cabinet I've seen so far!

Leslie (dreaming, again) & The Furbabies in MO.

I like mine further from the edge for flatbed sewing, especially of larger items like wedding dress skirts and coat pieces, as it helps to support the garment, and a little closer for free-arm stuff. I'd love to have a cut-out so my machine bed was at table height, but it isn't possible with the present set-up. I *do* have the machine set so I am in front of the needle. It's not a big issue for me (good job really, when I use the treadle!), but it is handy and makes for more accurate seaming.

Hehehehehe... No, me neither, not never, nohow!

Hm... Why is there a new chip in my left spectacle frame? And where did this bruised eyebrow come from?

Being a 32F is noticeable in these circumstances! I quite often bump my chest when digging lint out of the machines... Especially the treadle, which is fixed to its table! And I had to stop sewing towards the end of my pregnancy because the bump got in the way! I felt like I was MILES from the needle and sewing by remote control! And you lot wondered why I only have one kid... ;P

I have a Horn table and can't go and measure right now (my folks are visiting from England and are in our room, which is where my sewing room is off) but the machine is about 20-25 cm (8-10 inches) from the edge. I can sit as close or as far away as I like, body bits allowing! I agree that you can never have too much room on the left of the machine.

Kate Dicey wrote: >.... And you lot

I only have on kid because early on I found out what was causing it and learned how to run the program without getting a hard copy :-) CiaoMeow >^;;^<

Bra sizes are the same here as in the USA. 32 band size, F cup size. There's more front than back here! And I'm 49, not 32 years old! :)

Bra cup sizes got up to J if you look in the right places. My problem is that the bra-makers expect someone with my measurements to be a 19 YO with plastic enhancements, rather than a 49 YO au naturelle! As a professional dressmaker, I pay a LOT of attention to bras and whether or not they fit properly. Did you know that more than 75% of women wear the WRONG size? And the most common error they make is buying too big a band size with too small a cup size.

Bras are like shoes: the 'right' size in one make may fit you better than the right size in another. A good fitter will be able to fit you into not just the right size, but also the right style and make for your shape. I find the best fit for me at present are Fantasy and Marks & Spencers (and a lot of their bras are made for them by Charnos) in a

32F. The best style is a half cup with underwires and no padding.

I have my machine as close to the edge of the table as possible --

6.5" is the measurement. Of course, I have to squish my pulchritudinous self right up close to the edge of the table so that I can actually see the needle -- LOLOL! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

er....32F? Is that some kind of a British bra measurement? Or a 32 year old female?

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