Just spent my first winter (2 months) in the motor home traveling in Jan/Feb. i took my sewing machine and enough strips to make a kind sized log cabin. funny thing was that I had such a good time seeing the country that I never took out my sewing machine--even once! I will bring it along next year, but want to just keep a simple project--if I chose to sew. I keep the more complicated patterns for when I am home.