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    Old 04-25-2016, 05:51 PM
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    Oh, my dear. Many a day in my youth I had to piece under the open skies. While the light was preferable during day hours, the wind and elements reaked havoc on my work. I can't reccomned a return to those days.
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    Old 04-26-2016, 03:07 AM
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    I don't sew outside very much but if I do, I usually have some hand work to do. Hand stitching binding comes to mind. I don't take my machine outside.
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    Old 04-26-2016, 03:09 AM
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    Originally Posted by Sandra in Minnesota
    Too many mosquitos in Minnesota!
    LOL! A friend of ours who moved to Minnesota used to call them "the Minnesota state bird" because they were so big!
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    Old 04-26-2016, 03:17 AM
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    We have a large back deck making that possible if I decided to. But living in Iowa and how the house is situated we get strong southeast winds that would just blow everything away. Fortune smiles on me though because of a large sun porch with 10 windows and two ceiling fans. That's where I sew in the summertime!
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    Old 04-26-2016, 03:35 AM
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    Oh, sure. In FL, sewing outside is during the winter months. We had a covered deck when we lived in Seattle area, and that was my go to place in the summer for sewing. When we are in PA in the summer, we sometimes see the Amish sewing on their machines on the front porch. Love being outside.

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    Old 04-26-2016, 03:46 AM
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    We have a screened porch, too, and it is lovely to sew out there in the summer. I have had a few friends over on a summer afternoon to sew and chat. We do handwork and enjoy the flowers and birds and summer sounds. Heavenly! And no bugs to deal with. The first few years we were here, we couldn't eat on the deck because of the yellow jackets. So the screened porch was the first thing we added on. It gets morning sun and afternoon shade, which is just right. But I haven't tried using my machine out there yet. I'm not sure the table is strong enough.
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    Old 04-26-2016, 03:57 AM
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    When I go camping for the summer, I sew outside on the deck. It is very peaceful and relaxing. Folks at the campground will come ove and ask what I am making. I do cut everything before I travel to make it easier.
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    I quilt on a screened in porch, not much of an outdoors person. Bugs are not my friends.
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    Old 04-26-2016, 04:34 AM
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    Your porch is beautiful PaperPrincess. My DH built a screened house on the pool deck last summer so once he get electricity installed, it may be doable. Sounds peaceful and fun.
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    Old 04-26-2016, 04:38 AM
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    We had a porch that Dad had enclosed with glass in the 40's. Now we would call it a 3-season room. I would move the electric sewing machine in a cabinet from in the living room to the other side of the wall, which was out in the porch. I could open all the windows I wanted. But in March it would get to 100 degrees out there because of all the south facing windows. Then the cabinet would be bumpity bumped over the threshold to the living room where it was cooler. I'm surprised that cabinet held up.
    Sometimes I would sleep out there in the porch because it was much cooler at night than the upstairs bedrooms.
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