Wallpapering table

[jintie]

Are they suitable for cutting out fabric?

[toileandtrouble]

Can be a bit wonky. I have used mine but it is not perfectly flat in the middle. It is a bit narrow too. I found a patch of paste left on !  I have a folding composite picnic table which is a similar length and a bit wider. Still not perfect but better than crawling on the floor, but I sometimes resort to that if I have to juggle to fit them on the fabric

[Ploshkin]

The only wallpapers tables I've encountered were very flimsy and narrow and had quite rough edges and corners.  I wouldn't have wanted to use one for cutting out.  A better bet would be a high density plastic table with steel legs -  the type used by people for boot sales or catering functions. 

[jintie]

Thanks for all the info.

[WildAtlanticWay]

I used one of the plastic folding picnic type tables to sew on when I visited one of the local Islands for a women’s crafting session recently. It was sturdy enough but not especially tall. I think you can buy them for around £40.

I sometimes use my kitchen island as it’s an old painted pine farmhouse island unit and stands a bit higher than my sewing table.

[Surest1tch]

I didn't think the one I got was any use, it wobbled, dipped in the middle and nearly put my back in spasm because it was so low (although I am 6' tall).

[HenriettaMaria]

Wallpapering tables are semi-disposable and you definitely can't lean on them.  I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that if you can't have a permanent cutting table (and who in a domestic setting can, other than stately home owners?) then a couple of trestles and a plywood or MDF top with trestle-controlling bars underneath are probably the way to go.  A quick Google of plank and trestles threw up this example:


https://bowerbirdinteriors.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/plank-and-trestle1.jpg

The principal constraint is that it needs to be light enough for you to lift the top off, and you still need somewhere to store the top against a wall or under the stairs or something.  But if you can get the trestles made for you then you can specify your own height and wave goodbye to backache from leaning over a dining table and sore knees from crawling around the floor.