An extension table for attachment to a sewing machine head of the portable type for enlarging the somewhat limited working area provided by flat upper surface of the bed in which the bobbin mechanism is housed under the needle and presser foot wherein the table is pivotally mounted on a support structure associated with the machine in such manner as to enable it to be shifted between a vertical position along one side of the machine for storage with the latter within a case, and a horizontal working position co-planar with the upper surface of the bed. The table has an elongated L-shaped configuration and is mounted on the supporting structure in such manner that when in its horizontal working position the short and long sides thereof respectively lie adjacent the end and side walls of the machine bed.