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Originally Posted by kluedesigns
Originally Posted by dakotamaid
I travel with my featherweight! She is a little workhorse and doesn't mind the bumps in the road. I combine with hand piecing where needed and also do counted cross stitch, needlepoint and reading. I get bored easily or have ADHD, not sure which!!!!! :lol: :lol:
i've always wondered how people manage on the road with a machine. last year DH and i did a road trip to memphis and all the cats came with us. i just loved being on the road like that and have mentioned a few times that i'd like to get an RV. i always get depressed when i can't sew. i've been sewing 6 days a week every week for the last 8 years. We have an RV... we call them campers, and we plan on taking our one cat with us when we go away. Quite a few people do take cats, surprisingly. Hubby is still finishing the inside so we haven't used it yet. |
Originally Posted by kosmos
Has anyone came up with an iron that is battery or propane like the hair curling iron. Seams I'm all set but that when I take my hand work.
how about those seam roller things, i use it all the time when i paper piece, i don't press between each fabric strip like some people do. |
Originally Posted by BlueChicken
Originally Posted by kluedesigns
Originally Posted by dakotamaid
I travel with my featherweight! She is a little workhorse and doesn't mind the bumps in the road. I combine with hand piecing where needed and also do counted cross stitch, needlepoint and reading. I get bored easily or have ADHD, not sure which!!!!! :lol: :lol:
i've always wondered how people manage on the road with a machine. last year DH and i did a road trip to memphis and all the cats came with us. i just loved being on the road like that and have mentioned a few times that i'd like to get an RV. i always get depressed when i can't sew. i've been sewing 6 days a week every week for the last 8 years. We have an RV... we call them campers, and we plan on taking our one cat with us when we go away. Quite a few people do take cats, surprisingly. Hubby is still finishing the inside so we haven't used it yet. there's no way the pet sitter would be able to do it without being ripped to shreds. |
Originally Posted by kluedesigns
Originally Posted by kosmos
Has anyone came up with an iron that is battery or propane like the hair curling iron. Seams I'm all set but that when I take my hand work.
how about those seam roller things, i use it all the time when i paper piece, i don't press between each fabric strip like some people do. Actually, I wonder if an old fashioned "heat on the coal range" type contraption would work. My in-laws probably have one, their place is like a museum! |
And hubby has just informed me that his mum does indeed have an old cast iron iron that sits on the coal range to heat up! LOL
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For those with out electric the cast iron sounds great. We work at a mission station in northern Canada where I used an iron that was heat by white gas. Very noisy and I only used when I had to. I would think there could be one made to work off those little, three inch, propane cyler. Then it could also be used in the car.
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Originally Posted by BlueChicken
Originally Posted by kluedesigns
Originally Posted by kosmos
Has anyone came up with an iron that is battery or propane like the hair curling iron. Seams I'm all set but that when I take my hand work.
how about those seam roller things, i use it all the time when i paper piece, i don't press between each fabric strip like some people do. Actually, I wonder if an old fashioned "heat on the coal range" type contraption would work. My in-laws probably have one, their place is like a museum! http://webstore.quiltropolis.net/sto...3&Item_ID=1085 you know how they tell you to press between each piece of fabric when paper piecing - well i don't do that, i just use this roller thing to help fold the piece over. |
Originally Posted by kluedesigns
Originally Posted by BlueChicken
Originally Posted by kluedesigns
Originally Posted by kosmos
Has anyone came up with an iron that is battery or propane like the hair curling iron. Seams I'm all set but that when I take my hand work.
how about those seam roller things, i use it all the time when i paper piece, i don't press between each fabric strip like some people do. Actually, I wonder if an old fashioned "heat on the coal range" type contraption would work. My in-laws probably have one, their place is like a museum! http://webstore.quiltropolis.net/sto...3&Item_ID=1085 you know how they tell you to press between each piece of fabric when paper piecing - well i don't do that, i just use this roller thing to help fold the piece over. |
Originally Posted by kluedesigns
Originally Posted by kosmos
Has anyone came up with an iron that is battery or propane like the hair curling iron. Seams I'm all set but that when I take my hand work.
how about those seam roller things, i use it all the time when i paper piece, i don't press between each fabric strip like some people do. |
Originally Posted by kluedesigns
Originally Posted by BlueChicken
Klue... I really like that setting, it just goes to show even one single block can be amazing. I feel like my head is going to explode with all these ideas. I really like the ones set on point too, if I do end up doing a few of a different colourway I might look at setting them on point. these are the jane blocks (and others) done in diamonds instead of squares (like squares are so easy). http://lindafranz.com/index.php?sectionId=66 |
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