My New Sewing Chair
I got a chair for using with my Janome sewing machine. I have been using a chair that was just a seat because we took off the back and arms of a regular office swivel chair - and it had wheels. As I’ve been working on quilting some big quilts lately (charity ones), I’ve noticed that as I push the quilt through the machine, more often than not, the chair would roll backwards. I’ve been thinking for quite a while about getting a real sewing chair for use with my machine, and I finally decided to “do it”.
I found a place that sells chairs for people who sew at factories and ordered one I had looked at months ago. I was specifically looking for something that would sit up higher than the one I had as my machine and counter top are quite a bit higher than my Juki, for instance, which is in a pre-made table and sold as a unit. I also wanted one that would NOT roll.
This one is made for working with industrial machines - and designed for the worker’s comfort for a whole shift.
I did have to pay $120.
I’m not sure if that is high or not. It is what it is.
I’m tickled with it. It’s got a pneumatic lift to it and goes several inches higher than my other one. It is made for using at a sewing machine, so no arms to get in the way. it is well built and you can tell. The foam padding is the same as some car manufacturers use.
It does not have wheels to move around and that is the biggest thing I have to get used to. I’m used to sitting in a chair and then moving to the perfect position. I’m finding myself sitting down and then standing back up, moving it slightly and repeating. I am trying to get used to that aspect of it.
Otherwise, I love the sturdy feeling of the chair, the fact that I can sit HIGH and then not having it move while I quilt or put on the binding. I love that - something I hadn’t even thought about until recently when I realized I was having to work twice as hard while quilting because my chair kept moving backwards while I was trying to push a heavy quilt through the throat of the machine. I think it added to my fatigue.
The chair arrived in a box and my husband put it together. He did let me do the last little bit - putting the seat on the pneumatic lift and setting the back support on. He did all the rest.
It wasn’t too heavy to carry up the stairs to my sewing room where it now sits in front of my machine.
This is something I had been considering for a while. I hope this is a chair that will be comfortable for me for years.
While I used a lot of their photos, there is nothing about this post that is sponsored by either the company I bought it from or the chair company.
While I thought I wouldn’t like not having wheels, I’m finding at least for the quilting part, it is actually helping me.
Have a great day wherever you are reading this! Thanks for coming along with me on my quilting/sewing journey!
Be sure to check out what my sis has for you in the store here!
Here’s one of the beauties we have!
