Sewing Chair? - The Sew Weekly Sewing Circle2024-03-19T03:52:23Zhttp://circle.sewweekly.com/forum/topics/sewing-chair?commentId=6365347%3AComment%3A136694&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe problem may not be the ch…tag:circle.sewweekly.com,2012-06-03:6365347:Comment:1366942012-06-03T16:19:37.738ZJen Ohttp://circle.sewweekly.com/profile/JenO
<p>The problem may not be the chair. You may be bending or leaning over too far to see the machine bed. Some people need to tip their machine forward (yes!). Something like this slant or tip platform (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sew-Ergo-Advantage-10010-Tiltable-Ergonomic/dp/B001839ZKO" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Sew-Ergo-Advantage-10010-Tiltable-Ergonomic/dp/B001839ZKO</a>) will help you to work on your machine without leaning forward as much.</p>
<p>As Stefania mentioned with…</p>
<p>The problem may not be the chair. You may be bending or leaning over too far to see the machine bed. Some people need to tip their machine forward (yes!). Something like this slant or tip platform (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sew-Ergo-Advantage-10010-Tiltable-Ergonomic/dp/B001839ZKO" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Sew-Ergo-Advantage-10010-Tiltable-Ergonomic/dp/B001839ZKO</a>) will help you to work on your machine without leaning forward as much.</p>
<p>As Stefania mentioned with her chair: the ratio for height is also important. Most portable machines sit too high when they are on a table, so you have to hunch your shoulders up to get your arms higher (ug!). Your arms should be lower. Your elbow level is important. This is why the old sewing machine tables were popular: that dropped the machine down to table level. </p>
<p>You may want to craft a lower custom table with shorter legs than a dining table has, or raise your chair and put your presser foot up on a little box to lift it so that your legs are comfortable. (p.s. don't use a chair with arms, they get in the way of the table and your movement).</p>
<p> </p> I have a table machine and I…tag:circle.sewweekly.com,2012-05-06:6365347:Comment:1343492012-05-06T12:13:59.547ZStefania Phttp://circle.sewweekly.com/profile/StefaniaP
<p>I have a table machine and I use a chair that I got on Freegle as part of a bundle, ie a kind gentleman let me have pretty much the full contents of his late Mum's house. It appears to be made of wood with a vinyl-covered padded seat. It works extremely well for me for long periods but I think it's the distance between the height of the machine and that of the chair.</p>
<p>The same chair isn't as comfy if I use it at my dining table, which has a top approx 1" higher than the sewing…</p>
<p>I have a table machine and I use a chair that I got on Freegle as part of a bundle, ie a kind gentleman let me have pretty much the full contents of his late Mum's house. It appears to be made of wood with a vinyl-covered padded seat. It works extremely well for me for long periods but I think it's the distance between the height of the machine and that of the chair.</p>
<p>The same chair isn't as comfy if I use it at my dining table, which has a top approx 1" higher than the sewing machine.</p>
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<p>My first machine was plastic and I could put on the table top and it wasn't as comfortable.</p>
<p>I only get restless when tracing and preparing for cutting because it always takes me a long time, but I put that down to me being a beginner and trying to be accurate. And I am not even sitting, obviously!</p>