I just got the latest issue of Quilting Arts magazine and Pokey Bolton, the editor in chief, says she takes her sewing machine out on the front porch to sew just to enjoy being outside and not stuck in the studio. If it doesn't bother her (as a very public figure), I don't think it should bother you. Granted, she lives in MA and rednecks are scarcer than lobster teeth up here in New England. ;) :)