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Friday, September 6, 2013

A Seamstress' Cutting Table

My wife Alisha is a seamstress of incredible talent. Many times I have watched her as she practices her craft. She  finds the pattern for what she wants to make, selects the fabric and then she lays out the pattern with the fabric to cut. This is where I decided to make her a cutting table. The fact that patterns need to be laid out on a rather large space so that every piece can be pinned and cut makes it difficult to do on the dining room table. Since Alisha is so good to me I figured this was the least I could do for her! I would feel bad about how sore her back would get because of being bent over the table for hours carefully cutting the fabric. So, I designed a table. The dimensions are 72" long x 36" wide x 38.5" tall. I made 2 folding wings so when space is not needed they can be folded down to reduce the length to 48". Being married to a seamstress means lots of fabric and sewing machines. With this in mind I made two lower levels. The bottom level is separated into 6 separate spaces for Alisha's sewing machines. The upper level is divided into 2 large spaces for fabric storage. I have a few pictures  to show some of the rough work as it is proceeding. Hope everyone likes it. Once it is done I will post the finished photos.
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