Sewing with a machine in a vehicle
 

O.k., you can pick yourself up off the floor from laughing so hard. But if we travel from IL to TX I would really like to sew some small projects or quilt some blocks. I have looked up mini machines and battery powered ones, but is this dream a possibility?

Good luck with that!!! LOL I can see doing some handwork while riding but unless you are in a Winnebago I;m not so sure about using a machine in transit.

Do you mean in a car or a motor home? Sorry I get motion sick pretty easily so even thinking about either one is making me a little queasy but I hope some of our road warriors can help :-)

There was a lady trucker that used to sew when she was traveling - it was on "Simply Quilts". I think she sewed when her husband drove, but maybe it was just at night in the area behind the cabin. Can't imagine sewing in a car - but then again I get car sick too.

What happens when you hit a bump?
Or your husband hits the brakes?

I think I would plan on making hexies ... now that's a real possibility and would while the miles away for you, if you feel you will be so bored!

I'm with the rest -- tr something with hexies or yo yos. I don't know if hand applique would work as that is pretty fine work.

Guess I had never thought about it, but I get car sick pretty easy can not even read much less sew.

I have a hard enough time with the scant 1/4" seam and matching points just sewing at my desk, I dont think i would be happy with the results of sewing while on a sometimes bumpy ride. LOL

My concern would be riding down the highway with a sewing machine in your lap, what happens if God forbid you're in an accident and the airbags go off? The force of the airbag hitting the machine and slamming it into you could really do some damage to you, or the machine could go airborne and hurt the driver or a backseat passenger.

Perhaps you should consider knitting or crocheting while traveling? But if I were to try sewing I think I would simply plug up a dc/ac converter and plug my machine into that.