Sewing in camper
 

We are buying a tear drop camper. It is very small. Thinking of how to sew in such a tight place. Anyone tried that ? www.golittleguy.com you'll see how small. Mine is a T@B S-max . 2 weeks without sewing might send me over the hill or darling husband. Lol

We have a 29' RV and it is almost too small to sew in. I usually take hand sewing projects. I make yo-yos, hexies, and felt penny rugs. I did take the center panel of my daughter's wedding quilt and appliqued the tree and the leaves on. Everything was pre cut. All my projects fit into a small plastic tub. http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...t-t247008.html

wow that is smal i would do hand sewing or where you go if nice sit a chair up and sew outside. good luck!!!

I sit at the dinette usually. I have thought about piecing outside, but I can just imagine all the little pieces blowing away! I precut projects ahead of time and package them in huge ziplock bags. You can leave the machine, notions, and project in the car/truck when you aren't sewing. BTW, this is a great time for a Featherweight if you have one. Mine takes up a lot less space than my Bernina!

Pam

I'm sure there are ways to sew in any space, but there are other things to do too. Maybe try something new?

That trailer looks so cool. But I must say, after watching the video, I do believe I have more room in our tent. There is no place to sit within the trailer, there are no tables. When we go camping, I take hand sewing. Do you plan to camp where there is an electrical hook up? If so, do you have a small portable machine? Or you could invest in a hand crank, either way you could sit at a table outside to sew. But I would never leave a machine outside overnight.

Sorry, would not be for me, as other said do hand sewing outside. Bet you upsize before long.

I have a small 2 berth caravan about the same size as the teardrop. I keep my sewing machine and projects in the car until I decide to work. I use the dining table to sew on. I've sandwiched and quilted a lap size quilt but would not do anything bigger. You could make all the blocks and make a quilt by sandwiching and quilting each block for quilt as you go at home. I take a small electric sewing machine not my main one, just in case it gets stolen from the car, I do take a couple of hand projects for when I want to sit outside. I usually take too many projects but luckily it's only me and 2 dogs in the caravan so more room than you will have. Wadding / batting takes up a large space so you may want to cut down on this or store in a specific space. I use the car for all sewing activities. One point to watch is condensation or damp during the night.

Thanks, I will do "Over the river" quilt lots of hand embroidery . I haven't started it yet . This will give me time to. Good suggestions.

Yeah, LOL, you can forget sewing in that. Those little teardrops are basically just a place to sleep. How about some hand embroidery in a nice chair outside?

I have to say that much "togetherness" with my old man would result in someone's demise! :D:D:D

I would take a project with you such as hexagons. I never when I went on vacation took my sewing machine with me. Too many interesting things to see when on vacation! :)

If DH bought something that small it would be to carry my sewing supplies while we travel and stay at motels. Good Luck.

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.

Time to embrace hand sewing. I take some projects along when we go camping. Half the time I end up not working on them but I know they are there when/if I want to.

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!

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!

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.

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!

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.

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.

I think this sounds like fun, especially not having to be in hotel/motels with loud rooms next door. I just looked at the link you sent, and it is just plain cute. Mainly a bed, and what else do you really need? Well, other than some hand sewing. Enjoy.

Dina

Sounds like hand sewing time.

That looks like a great trailer! My sister wanted to get a teardrop trailer a few years ago; she found the SafariCondo Alto series http://m.safaricondo.com/en/caravane...or=roofR#roofR, and fell in love. We're still planning the road trip to Quebec to pick it up...

I would definitely stick to hand sewing in any trailer without a table. You should expect to spend more time talking to strangers than usual, so don't worry about hubby wearing on your nerves - it will work out.

Enjoy!

That is so cute! We camped for years in a high top conversion van in which the rear seat made into a queen size bed at the touch of a button. It was very luxurious and we and our fur babies were quite comfortable. I would have loved an RV but DH did not want to pull anything behind. I usually took applique, crochet or embroidery to keep my hands busy. DH is not in great health so we don't camp any more, and I really miss it. We are very fortunate, however, that family members have lake and mountain second homes which we are welcome to use. One year when I didn't take anything to sew, I went to the nearest LQS and bought fabric and the necessary tools for a hand quilting project because I was having withdrawal! I take my Featherweight and some precut projects when we travel now. We quilters just can't seem to be without our sewing for any length of time!

You would have to sew outside. No room in there.

When DH and I have traveled by car/truck, I took hand sewing and some word puzzles but didn't get much of either done. It was just nice looking at the scenery. I would sometimes take pics and make notes. Doesn't look as big as our bedroom and we have a small room the way it is.

I always take quilting with me when we camp in our 22' camper. I bought an Omnigrid thingy which opens up like a
book and has a cutting mat on one side and an ironing mat on the other. I cut all of my pieces before we leave, take
along my notions and put everything in Tupperware. Even thought about sewing outside since many campgrounds
have a picnic table. I've got a small travel iron too--and don't forget an extension cord. You'll be a happy camper!!!

You do have a small campler. I've never seen the inside of one. When we had a tent camper I sewed on the picnic table during the day. The camper had an outlet on the outside that I could plug into. At night I sewed on the fold down table if only two of the children were with us. Not sure what you have available in the way of tables or such. If no table is available, perhaps you could plan projects and do the cutting while away to sew when you are at home. Heading to Alaska myself this week which means no quilting for the next two weeks. However, I will be thinking about my next project and planning on paper when I have a chance.

We have a Lance slide in camper on back of pickup and I have taken my sewing machine and supplies I needed. But, it does have a table I can sew on. If you camp at places that has elect hoop ups, you are in business. I have sewed outside before on table and it is so awesome looking at the beautiful scenery and doing some stitching. Enjoy your tear drop, I think it is so cute. Hope it has a bathroom though. That is something I would have to have. lol.

That's what I'm thinking. You could make like a "pioneer woman" and be creative. Hand pieced blocks maybe?

Wow that is small, you could always sew on a table outside, it looks like fun..

Not much of a camper, I actually love staying in motels and eating out! But I do go to the shooting range on occasion with my husband when he has a long distance shoot. I sit in the truck and do applique or paper piecing. I think there's more room and it's comfortable!

We actually built a teardrop camper 1-1/2 years ago. It turned out nice, but unfortunately, we quickly outgrew it after only 2 or 3 trips. My bad knees made it difficult for me to get in and out of it. The only sewing that could be done inside it would be handwork, but you could always take a machine with you and sew on a table outside. I enjoy beading as well as quilting, so I took a bunch of beading supplies with me one time and sat outside and made bracele ts right beside a white-water rafting river. Pretty cool ... literally! :)

We're now converting a cargo trailer into a camper. It's 6'x12', and there's room to stand up inside it. (No more climbing out of the teardrop to go potty in the middle of the night! LOL!) There's also enough space for a fol ding table, so I could sew inside it if I wanted to. We're scrambling to finish up the "loose ends" this week, because we're leaving this weekend for an 11-day camping trip. DH is on his usual 12-hour work shifts, and the plumbing isn't even done yet! :shock:

Hope you enjoy your teardrop. They're a lot of fun! They're amazing conversation-starters, so be prepared to get LOTS of attention from curious people! :D