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    Old 01-14-2010, 06:23 PM
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    Originally Posted by kluedesigns
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    I travel with my featherweight! She is a little workhorse and doesn't mind the bumps in the road. I combine with hand piecing where needed and also do counted cross stitch, needlepoint and reading. I get bored easily or have ADHD, not sure which!!!!! :lol: :lol:
    wow, you are one talented lady.

    i've always wondered how people manage on the road with a machine.

    last year DH and i did a road trip to memphis and all the cats came with us.

    i just loved being on the road like that and have mentioned a few times that i'd like to get an RV.

    i always get depressed when i can't sew. i've been sewing 6 days a week every week for the last 8 years.
    How many cats do you have?

    We have an RV... we call them campers, and we plan on taking our one cat with us when we go away. Quite a few people do take cats, surprisingly. Hubby is still finishing the inside so we haven't used it yet.
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    Old 01-14-2010, 06:26 PM
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    Originally Posted by kosmos
    Has anyone came up with an iron that is battery or propane like the hair curling iron. Seams I'm all set but that when I take my hand work.
    i think you'd run into a battery charge problem. a good iron needs major juice that a charge might only last an hour or so.

    how about those seam roller things, i use it all the time when i paper piece, i don't press between each fabric strip like some people do.
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    Old 01-14-2010, 06:28 PM
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    Originally Posted by BlueChicken
    Originally Posted by kluedesigns
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    I travel with my featherweight! She is a little workhorse and doesn't mind the bumps in the road. I combine with hand piecing where needed and also do counted cross stitch, needlepoint and reading. I get bored easily or have ADHD, not sure which!!!!! :lol: :lol:
    wow, you are one talented lady.

    i've always wondered how people manage on the road with a machine.

    last year DH and i did a road trip to memphis and all the cats came with us.

    i just loved being on the road like that and have mentioned a few times that i'd like to get an RV.

    i always get depressed when i can't sew. i've been sewing 6 days a week every week for the last 8 years.
    How many cats do you have?

    We have an RV... we call them campers, and we plan on taking our one cat with us when we go away. Quite a few people do take cats, surprisingly. Hubby is still finishing the inside so we haven't used it yet.
    i have 4 cats but we took 2 on the road trip because they were both on antibiotics and really fought about taking them.

    there's no way the pet sitter would be able to do it without being ripped to shreds.
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    Old 01-14-2010, 06:40 PM
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    Originally Posted by kluedesigns
    Originally Posted by kosmos
    Has anyone came up with an iron that is battery or propane like the hair curling iron. Seams I'm all set but that when I take my hand work.
    i think you'd run into a battery charge problem. a good iron needs major juice that a charge might only last an hour or so.

    how about those seam roller things, i use it all the time when i paper piece, i don't press between each fabric strip like some people do.
    Seam roller?

    Actually, I wonder if an old fashioned "heat on the coal range" type contraption would work. My in-laws probably have one, their place is like a museum!
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    Old 01-14-2010, 06:42 PM
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    And hubby has just informed me that his mum does indeed have an old cast iron iron that sits on the coal range to heat up! LOL
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    Old 01-14-2010, 06:48 PM
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    For those with out electric the cast iron sounds great. We work at a mission station in northern Canada where I used an iron that was heat by white gas. Very noisy and I only used when I had to. I would think there could be one made to work off those little, three inch, propane cyler. Then it could also be used in the car.
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    Old 01-14-2010, 06:58 PM
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    Originally Posted by BlueChicken
    Originally Posted by kluedesigns
    Originally Posted by kosmos
    Has anyone came up with an iron that is battery or propane like the hair curling iron. Seams I'm all set but that when I take my hand work.
    i think you'd run into a battery charge problem. a good iron needs major juice that a charge might only last an hour or so.

    how about those seam roller things, i use it all the time when i paper piece, i don't press between each fabric strip like some people do.
    Seam roller?

    Actually, I wonder if an old fashioned "heat on the coal range" type contraption would work. My in-laws probably have one, their place is like a museum!
    here's a seam roller but i think you could just pick up a wallpaper roller at the hardware store and it would do the same thing.

    http://webstore.quiltropolis.net/sto...3&Item_ID=1085

    you know how they tell you to press between each piece of fabric when paper piecing - well i don't do that, i just use this roller thing to help fold the piece over.
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    Old 01-14-2010, 07:00 PM
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    Originally Posted by kluedesigns
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    Originally Posted by kluedesigns
    Originally Posted by kosmos
    Has anyone came up with an iron that is battery or propane like the hair curling iron. Seams I'm all set but that when I take my hand work.
    i think you'd run into a battery charge problem. a good iron needs major juice that a charge might only last an hour or so.

    how about those seam roller things, i use it all the time when i paper piece, i don't press between each fabric strip like some people do.
    Seam roller?

    Actually, I wonder if an old fashioned "heat on the coal range" type contraption would work. My in-laws probably have one, their place is like a museum!
    here's a seam roller but i think you could just pick up a wallpaper roller at the hardware store and it would do the same thing.

    http://webstore.quiltropolis.net/sto...3&Item_ID=1085

    you know how they tell you to press between each piece of fabric when paper piecing - well i don't do that, i just use this roller thing to help fold the piece over.
    That would save so much time!
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    Old 01-14-2010, 07:08 PM
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    Originally Posted by kluedesigns
    Originally Posted by kosmos
    Has anyone came up with an iron that is battery or propane like the hair curling iron. Seams I'm all set but that when I take my hand work.
    i think you'd run into a battery charge problem. a good iron needs major juice that a charge might only last an hour or so.

    how about those seam roller things, i use it all the time when i paper piece, i don't press between each fabric strip like some people do.
    Our newer motor home has a generator!! Our old one did not. I also use a small blunt end stick to press seams. I only do blocks on the road, put things together at home.
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    Old 01-14-2010, 10:38 PM
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    Originally Posted by kluedesigns
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    Klue... I really like that setting, it just goes to show even one single block can be amazing. I feel like my head is going to explode with all these ideas. I really like the ones set on point too, if I do end up doing a few of a different colourway I might look at setting them on point.
    well then this is going to burst your brain.

    these are the jane blocks (and others) done in diamonds instead of squares (like squares are so easy).

    http://lindafranz.com/index.php?sectionId=66
    these are beautiful! I have a kit to do the Jane Austen diamond quilt, but have been sidetracked by so many other projects! I might wait for retirement in 30 years or so!
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