MartiMorga

Oh so much info, after my month at Gulf Shores! Took my machine and materials for quilt I have been working on forever, forgot my 24" ruler and tried ripping (not too good for what I wanted). In the end I sewed 1 day, thought it was too hard and aggrivating, so put it all away. Now we are home and after getting everything put away will go back to my "fun". Of course it was a little too windy to sew outside but I would love to do that, looking at the Gulf. Sounds like perfection to me!!!

hudgoddess

We're going to try full-timing it starting this summer...at least for a little while. Lease will be up on the house, DH's company just got bought, things are up in the air. We'll see how it goes. So bringing the sewing stuff just isn't an option-it's essential! It'll be 2 cats, one big, elderly dog, DH and me. Say prayers everyone. Say lots of prayers!

Central Ohio Quilter

I quilt in our 5th wheel all the time! I always have a quilting project that I work on in the camper that is getting done totally by hand. I love doing hand piecing and quilting! I just keep that quilt in the camper and I can work on it inside the camper, outside the camper or while traveling down the road. You would be very surprised how quickly hand piecing and quilting can go.

Sometimes while we are off in the 5th wheel, and I have a special project that I am working on that I am using a machine for, I will bring my mom's old 301a along in the camper to use in the camper. It is really not much larger than a Featherweight and runs so beautifully quiet that I can use it at night after DH goes to bed and it does't bother him at all.

I always have a plastic Tupperware-type container with basic supplies in the camper - various threads, a mat, a couple rulers, a rotary cutter, pins, needles, etc. That just stays in the camper all the time. I don't keep any extra fabric in the camper, just what I need for my current projects that I am working on. If we were going to be gone for a longer period of time, I would plan ahead for a quilt and take a stack of fabric with matching thread, etc. for a longer term quilt. Of course, I would probably forget something that I needed which would necessitate finding a quilt shop along the way. ;-))

I would highly advise trying a hand quilting project to take along! I find working with a needle and thread by hand very soothing!

dakotamaid

I also do quilting in RV and van. I take blocks in baggies and do alot by hand. I'm beginning a dear jane hand stitched on our trips this year. I do have a Janome Jem and some precuts that I carry along for those days in a motel while others do hikes and water events. Both things I don't do well. LOL. My hubby is a great enabler.

adnil458

Yes ! Got a Babylock Molly for our 29' travel trailer. One week in January we went to Florida. Completed a 12 shop Tampa area shop hop and pieced blocks also. It is awesome to sew outside and meet other quilters, neighbors more easily. This week in Florida I sewed mostly crumbs. Taking RV to Pigeon Forge this month for quilt show.

Earleen

We R.V.'ed for 10 years and I had all my sewing things with us, used underneath for storage and in closet where there should have been washer and dryer we added many shelves. We also had storage under our dinning chairs, husband made. There will be plenty of places to put things as it was our home for those 10 years.

Earleen

Oop's forgot the mats stood up behind couch. and I had my Vikning #1+ full size machine. I used dinning table and it worked just fine. Enjoy as you can always set up outside. Some parks have open rooms to use also, we also had crafts on one day of each week sometimes we all did the same thing other times we did our own thing. Who knows you may find quilting ladies along the way.

Bneighbor

Welcome to the world of RV sewing!
My husband is a semi-pro racer, so we are on the road most of the summer. I have a brother 500-d that fits perfectly in a closet compartment. I have a quilters tote that holds rulers, cutting implements, etc. I have a few small totes that have "kits" I make up to take with me. I usually take 7 to 8 as I get bored with one I can work on another.
i used the ironing board from MSQC ( 24x24 board wrapped in toweling and wraped in a custom fabric "pillowcase") on the counter.
Of course, I always keep a place available because you have to get fabric while on the road.

SherriB

So glad I found this thread!!! DH and I just bought a 30ft travel trailer. We plan to spend a lot of time in it this summer but mainly at a local state park. How do you ladies (and gents) sew outside? We will be taking our E-Z Up screen room with us. Do you use a portable table or the provided picnic table? What about a chair to sit in?

I can sit at at the dinette table in the trailer to sew if it is rainy or bad outside. And I am working on a hexagon quilt by hand. I am so excited for warmer weather to get here!!!

francie yuhas

We have a 30 foot trailer. I take my FW or my Janome gem. I found some interlocking cutting board pieces,and I take a couple of rulers,and stuff I need for a project. I do the piecing " on the road" and the quilting by hand or when I get home. We have a canopy that fits over the picnic table to hold off the sun, and a longggg extension cord. I've met a lot of wonderful quilters in campgrounds. If I buy much fabric...I mail it home to my good friends who is home all the time. The mail lady doesn't like boxes cluttering up her small space" she hates Christmas! LOL! )