Quilting and camping - any tips?
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Hello, yes, I do like to quilt when we are using our fifth wheel. We are snow birds, and winter in Florida. I have plenty of room to use my sewing machine using the table. It's one that looks like a booth with the seats on both sides of table area. This is nice, as the seating on both sides hold your quilting really nice. I take all my cutting mats, rulers, etc. so don't lack for anything. We love our fifth wheel. It's 36 ft, has three slide outs, and even a fireplace, that makes it cozy on the cooler nights. It was a colder winter in Florida, this year. I am sure you would like quilting using your R.V. If I can help with more questions let me know. Have fun...
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When my husband and I started RVing, I didn't quilt. But I always took my needlepoint and cross stitch. We now have a 36' 5th wheel, and 4 years ago I started quilting. I do not leave home without my sewing machine. I bought a smaller, lighter Bernina than what I use at home, and it works out great. I use the dining table, but have seen some suggestions here I might like to try.
What I have done on several trips is to go to quilt stores and find fun projects to do, and make them to give to friends when we visit them. Of course, I leave with lots of fabrics and any notion I can find that I don't have. My husband is great about going to quilt stores no matter where we go. In one quilt store in Tucson, AZ he saw the accuquilt go cutting machine demonstrated and was totally sold on it. They didn't have any in the store, but we ordered one on the trip and it arrived just as we were getting home. I love it for cutting strips and so much more.
One thing I am very careful about is when we are on the road, I make sure the sewing machine is secure in a very safe place so it doesn't get jostled about when we hit those potholes and bumpy roads.
I say, take your machine, and sew to your hearts content! If you don't, no harm done. After all, I don't wear all the clothes and shoes I drag along.
What I have done on several trips is to go to quilt stores and find fun projects to do, and make them to give to friends when we visit them. Of course, I leave with lots of fabrics and any notion I can find that I don't have. My husband is great about going to quilt stores no matter where we go. In one quilt store in Tucson, AZ he saw the accuquilt go cutting machine demonstrated and was totally sold on it. They didn't have any in the store, but we ordered one on the trip and it arrived just as we were getting home. I love it for cutting strips and so much more.
One thing I am very careful about is when we are on the road, I make sure the sewing machine is secure in a very safe place so it doesn't get jostled about when we hit those potholes and bumpy roads.
I say, take your machine, and sew to your hearts content! If you don't, no harm done. After all, I don't wear all the clothes and shoes I drag along.
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Originally Posted by lfw045
Hubby and I are getting rid of our timeshare and are seriously considering a travel trailer or RV to start doing some traveling....only short trips for the next 3 years to get the hang of it before he retires.
I want to be able to quilt while we are "out there". Anyone here that does that?
TIA
I want to be able to quilt while we are "out there". Anyone here that does that?
TIA
Work on small projects, like wall hangings or table runners. Get yourself a small ironing board, travel iron and a small cutting mat. Keep your sewing machine in a place where it isn't too much of a hassle to get it out, and keep the cord plugged in all the time--disconnect the machine from the cord, rather than the cord from the wall--same with the foot pedal. The less you're on your knees the better.
If you're staying at RV parks, many of them will let you use conference rooms, and some even have sewing groups and classes.
And last but not least, take some advice from Dick, Jane, Sally and Spot:
Look, look, look!
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Originally Posted by mar32428
Originally Posted by Eagle Hawk
All the time. I always take my sewing machine and a ton of fabric when we go in the RV. OK, so last year we went to Las Vegas and stayed in an RV park there, and I thought I would not take my sewing machine this one time. We were going for a friends wedding who was getting married at the Hilton. We stayed for 4 days and have been to casinos enough that they are not that interesting anymore and spent most of the time in the RV or walking the dogs. I just about went crazy without my sewing machine. Never again. I would rather have it with me and not use it than to leave it home and want it with me.
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We have been traveling in first a 36' and now a 40' RV for 5 years now off and on. Love it and you will, too. You can take anything with you and don't have to pack and unpack. But, do plan on taking a tow so you can run around to quilt stores wherever you stay. We live in CA and made a 6000 mile round trip to South Carolina so got the real hang of doing this so if you have questions, just PM me. Love to talk RV'g abd quilting.
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We have been traveling in first a 36' and now a 40' RV for 5 years now off and on. Love it and you will, too. You can take anything with you and don't have to pack and unpack. But, do plan on taking a tow so you can run around to quilt stores wherever you stay. We live in CA and made a 6000 mile round trip to South Carolina so got the real hang of doing this so if you have questions, just PM me. Love to talk RV'g abd quilting.
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I bought a lightweight Brother SM at Wal-mart, (sews like a dream) bought a multi-layered plastic fishing tackle box for all my scissors, needles, threads, etc, put a square as large as you can find space of cutting mat, if you don't have a lot of room for ironing board and iron, get one of those flip-flop cutting mats/ironing surface boards, and a little sewing iron, and you're set! I always take some blocks I want to work on, or some hand-quilting or some quilted embroidery blocks I am working on!! I don't like to ever be caught without "fun stuff" to do....even if I don't get to it....It's there! Comforting. Aren't we all alike???
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I almost decided to take my sewing machine and quilting with me when we camped over Spring Break in April. When we returned home I realized there would have been absolutely NO TIME to even LOOK at my machine! We were busy hiking, riding bicycles,cooking over the campfire and generally enjoying our surroundings. We had two grandkids and two dogs with us though. If it was just me and the DH, I probably would have found some time to quilt, as long as I could plug my sewing machine up outdoors. We have a nice camper, but who wants to stay inside when you're camping?
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Originally Posted by lfw045
Hubby and I are getting rid of our timeshare and are seriously considering a travel trailer or RV to start doing some traveling....only short trips for the next 3 years to get the hang of it before he retires.
I want to be able to quilt while we are "out there". Anyone here that does that?
TIA
I want to be able to quilt while we are "out there". Anyone here that does that?
TIA
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