Sewing in camper
#13
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Northwest suburb of Chicago
Posts: 64
Camping trips for me are a time to get away, even from the quilting. But I use them to explore antique shops for sewing notions and vintage fabrics, and the LQS I find along the way. I usually come home with lots of new fabric for my stash and a few additional projects. When I get home, I am recharged and ready to settle into new projects and to finish those UFOs. But that being said, I have been known to bring along both handwork and/or my Featherweight.
#15
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 3,255
This will be the perfect project for your camping trip! I embroidered the majority of the blocks for Vintage Tin, another Crabapple Hill design, while in our motorhome. Well, actually, a few others, also. Really like the hand embroidery for travel then do the piecing and quilting at home. Have fun!
#16
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 2,061
We've been camping for 60 years and I'm telling you, you won't care for the little teardrop if you want to take anything with you. They have room for a bed, maybe an outside kitchen, and that's all. You could take a puzzle to work on a mat on the bed, or a deck of cards but the space is so limited. We went from a large tent to an enclosed camper to a motor home and every time we got something different it was to get more space. Good luck!
#17
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Twin Cities, MN
Posts: 1,141
Now might be the time to take up English Paper Piecing. Very portable, and you'll be surprised how much you can accomplish. I even EPP in the car while DH is driving. Makes long car trips more productive.
#18
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 13
DH and I have owned a T@B since 2011 and we LOVE it! We camp probably 30 nights a year (we both still work) and I always have a hexie project with me that I look forward to working on--bright and cheerful modern fabric "flowers" embedded in an ecru batik background. Will probably use it in the T@B when I'm done! We sometimes camp when I go to TOGA's (Treadle On Gatherings and Academies) where the whole purpose is to sew on people powered sewing machines, then I take a hand crank with me and when back at the campground sew on the picnic table. I absolutely love it. I've also taken the sewing machine when DH has to work, BUT there is a huge culture of Rally camping with T@Bs that we didn't even know about when we got our camper and now we are frequently camping with T@B friends and are so busy socializing that hand seeing works better anyway. Look up the T@B Camping Trailer group on Facebook. It is an amazing source of information and community. Feel free to PM with any questions!
#19
Thank you Dbhefner, i am a little worried, we are picking it up on Thursday. Leaving on Friday, I've camp for 65 years. Mom had a picture of me in diapers at camp in 1951. But my husband has not yet done rv route. We travel alot. But to move into a T@B will be fun. We like to move onto the next town, sight seeing. I am tired of hotels and loud rooms next door. Have a few LQS on my list.
#20
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Cedar Falls, IA
Posts: 923
I have a friend who has had her T@B for at least 5 years. She loves it and travels a lot. She also attends a lot of rallys and enjoys them. She is a wonderful quilter, very artistic, but she said she doesn't sew when she is traveling.
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