Necessity...

...encourages thinking outside the box.

The new arrangement of my studio places my sewing machines on what were previously a side table and cutting table.  The desk which had served as my sewing table had a foot shelf on which I had the foot peddle for Bernie.  Being a person of little stature, no longer having the foot shelf has made it rather an awkward reach for me to use my foot peddles.  

Recently I was at Container Store getting some spice jars and bottles for the travel cooking kit I am putting together.  While there, I decided to see if I could find anything that might serve as a foot shelf.  Sure enough, Container Store came through for me again.  Designed for kitchen cabinet/pantry use, these shelves were nice and sturdy.  And since they were expandable, I was able to adjust them to just the size I needed.  What a big difference it has made in controlling my speed with Mr. J. 

I am really enjoying the new layout, and having one machine designated for sewing/piecing and one for quilting.  The fabric for the blocks of Painted Desert are cut out.  Steady progress is being made on Mixed-up Split, and I was given another quilt to do some "fancy" quilting in some of the blocks.  That quilt needs to be done by October.  Looks like I have plenty of happy quilting time ahead.