Learn how to create your custom sewing and quilting area and perfectly fit it to your sewing machine, and your body, with inexpesive and easy to use materials.
See how to quickly adapt the same area to make working on a large project, like machine quilting, easier.
If you are in pain or struggle with machine quilting, it's very possible that it's your sewing area and the way your sewing machine is positioned--not you!
One size does not fit all for clothes, shoes or sewing and quilting tables. Feel better and quilt happier in just a few hours when you create your custom table.
Hundreds of people have tried and tested the designs in this book and they are thrilled. Make your machine quilting better and easier today!
53 Pages and 35 Color Photos with Materials List and Bonus Page on building a large pressing pad.
This "How To" book is your guide to better machine quilting today!
See how to quickly adapt the same area to make working on a large project, like machine quilting, easier.
If you are in pain or struggle with machine quilting, it's very possible that it's your sewing area and the way your sewing machine is positioned--not you!
One size does not fit all for clothes, shoes or sewing and quilting tables. Feel better and quilt happier in just a few hours when you create your custom table.
Hundreds of people have tried and tested the designs in this book and they are thrilled. Make your machine quilting better and easier today!
53 Pages and 35 Color Photos with Materials List and Bonus Page on building a large pressing pad.
This "How To" book is your guide to better machine quilting today!
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This book describes how to take easily obtained, inexpensive materials and, without power tools, create a custom fitted sewing table and then it shows how to adjust that table to make working with a large project, such as machine quilting a large quilt, easy and comfortable.
If you have any stress, fear, or hesitation about becoming a machine quilter, it is my greatest hope that this book will help you. The information presented in this book is intended to make sewing and quilting as easy and as comfortable as sitting in your favorite chair and reading a book.
However, this book is not for someone who is unwilling to rethink their environment, nor is it for someone who must have a gorgeously finished "showroom" type of sewing area.
My suggestions are based on comfort and efficiency, not looks, and I am completely budget minded. I believe in what I've learned from quilting for fifteen years and from teaching quilting for twelve years. I am confident in my experience over any furniture salesman's and I am all about "sewing painlessly" over "looking like it came out of a magazine".
Lastly, I think "one size fits all" is the funniest joke I've ever heard. It doesn't work with clothes or shoes and it certainly isn't true of sewing tables. A quilter who is 5'2" is not going to fit comfortably at the same sewing table of a quilter who is 5'11" - and it is my firmest believe that we all deserve to sew in comfort, in an area fitted perfectly to each of us, and that's why I've written this book.
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Sew Easily, Quilt Comfortably and
Improve Your Machine Quilting Today!
Learn how to create a custom sewing and quilting area and how to easily adapt it for working on large projects - like machine quilting.
Eliminate pain by finding your "sweet spot" for sewing and then set up your sewing area to fit you, making you a happy quilter!
- You'll feel better and quilt longer
- Your machine quilting will improve
- You'll look forward to working on large projects and finishing your quilts
- Your quilting area will be easier to use
- Your custom table is easy to set up and take down and adapts easily to new sewing machines
If you want to feel better while sewing and quilting, this is the book for you!
Inside you will find a materials list of easy to find, inexpensive supplies and instructions on how to custom fit them to your body and your style of sewing.
Perfect for quilters on a budget --"My area cost me less than $100 to create!"
Without power tools you can put together your own custom sewing area in just minutes and it's made to fit you like a glove, making your sewing and quilting as fun as swinging on the porch.
Written by best selling quilt book author, professional quilter and quilting teacher Marguerita McManus. Her tried and true methods will make you happier with your sewing and quilting and show you a new way to look at your sewing space, making every
project even more fun!
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Hi, my daughter Sarah Raffuse and I wrote "Crazy Shortcut Quilts" together in 2006. In 2011 I wrote "Sew & Quilt in Comfort" because of all the attention my custom table was receiving and I recently published "Finish (almost) Any Quilt" which teaches how to finish up abandoned quilt projects and how to adapt new quilt projects to a quilt-as-you-go technique that helps you FINISH your quilts your way, easily. No more unfinished tops; no more of being afraid to quilt them! This book guides you through it all :)
I live in Seward, Alaska, USA most of the time and Bullhead City, Arizona, USA for a few months in the winter.
I love making videos of quilting and sewing techniques. You can find my videos at YouTube under user ID CrazyShortcutQuilts
Thanks so much for looking us up and please come on over to our blog for some quilt photos, updates and info about what we are currently working on. www.crazyshortcutquilts.com/margueritas-blog/
Happy Quilting,
Marguerita
I live in Seward, Alaska, USA most of the time and Bullhead City, Arizona, USA for a few months in the winter.
I love making videos of quilting and sewing techniques. You can find my videos at YouTube under user ID CrazyShortcutQuilts
Thanks so much for looking us up and please come on over to our blog for some quilt photos, updates and info about what we are currently working on. www.crazyshortcutquilts.com/margueritas-blog/
Happy Quilting,
Marguerita
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Great Functional Ideas!,
By Katrina "soapingquilter" (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sew & Quilt in Comfort: How to inexpensively create and customize your sewing and quilting area to fit you perfectly (Paperback)
This is an amazing book for those quilters who want to transform their quilting space without spending thousands and thousands of dollars! The ideas are doable and functional and would fit any budget. No your sewing room won't look like it fits in a magazine but you will be quilting in comfort and without pain and that is what is most important.There are so many great tip and ideas in this book I was just amazed at what I learned. I would highly recommend this book!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Valuable information & ideas,
This review is from: Sew & Quilt in Comfort: How to inexpensively create and customize your sewing and quilting area to fit you perfectly (Paperback)
This book is not about how to decorate your sewing room, but rather how to aviod problems from long periods of sewing and constant sewing that many of us do. Wish I had read this information before I needed shoulder surgery because of the heighth of the sewing machine. I would suggest reading it before problems show up. Her ideas are practical and not a budget buster. If you have experienced pain etc then this book will have ideas how to correct the sewing space and avoid further pains. Sewing and quilting are too enjoyable to cause physical damage and be uncomfortable. I would definately suggest reading this book. I plan to make a few changes to my sewing space asap! Good to share with a new sewer/quilter and start them off on the right foot for more enjoyable sewing.
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versatility and stor-ability,
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This review is from: Sew & Quilt in Comfort: How to inexpensively create and customize your sewing and quilting area to fit you perfectly (Paperback)
When I look in my sewing room now, I am pulled in to the room to work on my current projects with enthusiasm knowing it is a comfortable arrangement for me. Most of all I love the versatility and stor-ability of the foam. As Marguerita demonstrates throughout the book there are many ways to set up your work surface. I have two favorite setups; it is very easy to switch between the two. The foam is so light, it is no problem to change things around for the task at hand. When not in use, it can all be placed in a closet.The information in the book is very well laid out. Marguerita is very clever and so generous with sharing what she has learned. She does not give you formulas but rather leads you through looking at your sewing area and the way you work to find the ergonomic set up that will work for you. She states early on, this book is not for everyone. "I am completely budget minded," she says. This is true for me as well. I enjoy using things in alternative ways from their intended purpose or giving new life to something rather than discarding it. On page 48, Marguerita has a tip to "Put pretty pictures, bits of fabric, pattern pieces, quilt blocks, calendar pages, wallpaper remnants or anything you like to look at under the vinyl to brighten up your sewing and quilting area." The book is full of tips that Marguerita has learned.
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