We spend 3 months in Texas in our motorhome during the winter. I take my sewing machine and piece tops or make other smaller items. I do my quilting on my DSM but there is not enough room in the motorhome for me to be able to do any quilting, so I do that when we are at home. I guess you have to decide if you can be happy with piecing tops or other small projects or if you need to do the quilting while you are there. I have also discovered that I enjoy doing hand embroidery so I make sure I have some projects to work on while we are in TX.