Handquilting in the car

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07-22-2011, 07:13 AM

#71

lillybeck

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I do this all the time. It is easy to take along hand sewing, crosstitch,embrodery and I even made a whole quilt top by hand once while traveling with my hubby.

07-22-2011, 07:17 AM

#72

ga447

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I just took a rode trip from Omaha, NE to NY and I did some cross stitch, it wasn't easy but I did get two projects done and it made the trip go faster.

07-22-2011, 07:24 AM

#73

grammysharon

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I tried to applique while riding and the stitches looked awful. I had to take them out so now I take quilt magazines along to ponder.

Quote:

Originally Posted by babyquiltlady

Taking summer car trips are always enjoyable for me as long as someone else does the driving.

I take my handquilting and enjoy the ride. Anyone else love to quilt and ride?

:lol:

07-22-2011, 07:29 AM

#74

svenskaflicka1

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i'm a reader. best vacation ever involved a valise of books, and that annual trek out to new york/pa. hubby: "aren't you going to look at the scenery???" me: "it hasn't changed in the last 26 years. i'm on vacation. let me read." we were gone 2 weeks, and i polished off 26 books. loved every minute of it! i hadn't discovered the joys of quilting, then--only counted cross stitch and crochet. it would be a different drive, now!

07-22-2011, 07:58 AM

#75

happymrs

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I always carry a bag of things to do when we travel. A good book, various stitching projects. DH loves to drive, & wants to do all the driving, so I have to find things to keep me busy otherwise, or I would soon go crazy & be bored to death! We drove from here in NC, out to CA, then back, last year, camping along the way, & thank goodness I had handwork to keep me busy & sane!.... I would never leave home for a trip, without it!

07-22-2011, 08:16 AM

#76

lots2do

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jo Mama

No - my husband acts like he's competing in the Indy 500. I actually keep dramimine in the glove box.

I do have to add, after reading this reply, that if I was traveling on Rt. 19 in Florida, I could not knit or do anything else. I'd have a lot of dropped stitches and knots if I did. People drive like maniacs on that 8 lane road! But, in NH and Maine, no problem, at all.

07-22-2011, 08:31 AM

#77

fairydawn

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Quote:

Originally Posted by eastermarie

I get car sick. Can't do anything and ride.

Me too. It's really to bad cause it's such a waste of good time.

07-22-2011, 08:39 AM

#78

Meme2six

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Location: Arkansas

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Lori S

OH No ... I can't read or quilt .... Not a pretty picture if I do .. its only matter of how long before I say "PULL- OVER".

I have the same problem, Lori. Have been this way my whole life. My mother has the problem and so does one of my daughters. I wonder if it's an inherited thing? I sure wish I could do handwork in the car, though.