Things, they are a' changin'...
I have been working hard on getting the end of the master bedroom cleaned out to make space for the long arm quilting machine.
I had to disassemble and take out the desk, and I took down the hand-quilting frame... which I have to admit I will unlikely use again.
With the bed still in the same place, I expected to have a 6' x 14' space for the 12' frame. That is cutting it pretty close, given the space needed to pass around all sides, loading the quilt, and allowing the machine about 1.5' of travel behind the table. Chris got involved and suggested swapping the bed and the dresser (which was right behind me when taking the photo, above). That made things a little closer together on the "bedroom side" of the room, but added 2.5' to the "quilting side" of the room. Yay! Chris has been a really good sport about the whole thing.
He also mounted a shelf for bins... which means I will still have a lot of open space under the quilting table for, you guessed it, more bins! I have a peg board on order for the short wall on the right, intended for thread cones. There is five feet of wall before the bathroom door frame on the right wall.
I think I'm ready for the machine. Now, I just have to be patient until June 9!
Happy Quilting,
Lisa Kay
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