We are leaving tomorrow and I'm taking my crocheting - almost done with my daughter's afghan she requested at Christmas - and some cross stitching that I want to work on. I may eventually bring along quilting, but I am going to check at a quilt store, count on that :)

Yes, I heard this somewhere but I think it's for computerized machines. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

I do have a singer 15 hand crank too. It has no reverse and is soooooo heavy that I opted out of taking that one for me. Now if I had a hand cranck on a Singer 99, 3/4 machine, maybe. It would be nice to take something to the river side when the kids are playing but I think I will stick to hand quilting there as I can not imagine me hiking out there with "Scotty" my singer 15 hand cranck under one arm and the families lunch and my chair under the other. Hehehehe DH was thinking about a hand crank for the FW. I think it is great you sew and hand crank quilt tops while camping. I would stop by too and come and look to see another quilter. I have sons, 9-24 yrs old, and I always point out other men quilters to them.

Aaaahhhh sounds lovely. I wished.

Hehehehe I need some of those novels too to leave at the river bank. Maybe a stop at Walmart is in order.

DH worked on the Feather Weight and I plan to piece on it over the next week or so to get in the groove as I normally do not piece on it. I already picked out a fun patriotic scrap pattern and fat quarters to go on the trip. DH had made a small ironing board out of a tv tray and that is coming too. But oh, it smells so....musty. Any ideas on how to get the smell off the machine. I know it is from the storage case and I do not plan to take that but still FW is a little stinker right now. Hehehehe

Annaquilts-have you changed the big bottom gasket on your featherweight? That really holds the musty smell. You can do that easily yourself. You can even make a new bottom gasket out of gasket stuff you buy at an auto supply store. And if your case smells try not to store your machine in it,only use it to transport your featherweight.

Kat

No I have not. Thanks for the idea and input. I definitely think I will do this. The odor is offensive.

I had heard this before too..but when I got my long arm, I was TOLD to use it. I guess ask your dealer about your machine. Also, I get my canned air at the office supply store..and never turn it upside down. If you want to get under something, bend the little straw that comes with it. If you turn the can upside down, you get moisture.

I vote for the Featherweight as long as you have power. How about some string blocks or scrappy Chinese Coin. Something that is kind of mindless and you cannot mess up if you get sidetracked? I have a bucket of scraps that I would tuck around my machine.