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kpinva · 02-02-2019, 07:29 PM

Hi!

I know this has been asked in other threads but it looks like it's been a couple of years since something has been posted.

I love to quilt and sew and I am interested in connecting with others who RV and share my passion. When we travel, I take my Singer Featherweight along and I enjoy visiting fabric shops in the towns that we stay in.

Wouldn't it be nice to get together and sew with others at a rally? I did this at the 2018 FMCA International Rally and it was so much fun to meet others from all over the country. Several of us have stayed in touch on Facebook and we look forward to sewing together in the future.

If you love to sew and quilt, respond to this post. Maybe we can get our own group going here and plan so camping trips together. I think that would be fun!

Buppalepcien · 02-03-2019, 12:30 PM

Look them up online. They have a lot of vintage RVers but also special interest groups, couple and solo RV women. I joined a few months ago and primarily watch the site so far, but it may help find some fellow quilters for you.

PHS · 02-09-2019, 10:06 AM

I am a lover of quilting and embroidering. Would love to be a part of a group like this. We have just started to travel and have been to New Orleans for a month and Florida as well as up around New York and a couple of weeks in Wichita, Ks.

I live in Tennessee.

Sandy

UTTransplant · 02-11-2019, 10:19 AM

FMCA rallies do have a quilting/sewing get together. The last one I was at (Gillette) didn’t have a sewing time because the woman who organizes it had something come up. We are planning on the Minot rally in August, and I hope they have it there.

There definitely are lots of people who sew and quilt in RVs. I take my BERNINA 440 and a folding Gidget table with me. I end up doing utility, mending, and home dec work on my machine in addition to piecing. I do the quilting back home where I have more space.

sgwyble · 03-11-2019, 01:26 PM

My wife quilts as we travel. She has a Bernina 590 for traveling so she can keep up with quilting and embroidery. May have to sign her up on IRV2

kdjshep · 03-14-2019, 03:10 AM

I love to sew and recently started quilting. When we headed west this past summer I just took hand sewing to work on. I started following a Facebook page for RV sewing and quilting. I also like to support quilt shops along the way!

kgb6days · 05-24-2019, 06:51 PM

I love to quilt and have just gotten into embroidery. I have a Singer Featherweight that I took once but haven't taken it since. I just thought it was too much trouble however I've thought about doing some handwork on the road. Trouble with that is I don't really like doing hand work.

UTTransplant · 05-25-2019, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by kgb6days

I love to quilt and have just gotten into embroidery. I have a Singer Featherweight that I took once but haven't taken it since. I just thought it was too much trouble however I've thought about doing some handwork on the road. Trouble with that is I don't really like doing hand work.

I am just not someone who likes to do handwork. I did at one time, but arthritis has made it much less attractive these days. I do take a sewing machine with me though. I love to piece quilts on my Featherweight, and I took it along for quite a while. Then I realized it wanted to do some other things that needed zig zag capabilities like rope bowls or mending. I have taken my Bernina 440 with me for the last few years, but it is heavy. I just bought a Viking Opal that is quite capable but lighter. I am in the middle of quilting a baby quilt on the 440, and I have remembered why I don’t like quilting in a small space! Piecing is fine, but I think I will save the quilting for home next time.

SuzieM13 · 10-27-2019, 02:31 AM

My husband Vic and I both quilt. He has a Bernina 790 at home. He loves doing the embroidery and the quilting. I have a 590 at home and it is what we intend to take on our camping trips in our Winnie B!
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cavie · 10-27-2019, 03:20 AM

Google is your friend. took me 18 sec to find these.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/951640368227990/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/140791849773006/

https://happiestcamper.com/rv-quilting/

Bsipe01 · 12-26-2019, 08:00 AM

We are very new to RVing and will be living either on our RV or our boat. Saw lots of the Eastern seaboard, now want to see the interior of the US.
I do a lot of hand quilting and sewing when we live on our boat. Expect to do the same on our RV. No machine, no room. Would love to hook up with other quilters, especially hand quilters.
Barb
2011 40 Phaeton
Honda CRV

UTTransplant · 12-27-2019, 07:26 AM

Barb, do you belong to FMCA? It is a group for RVers. They have a quilters group that meets at their bigger conventions, maybe four times a year. Here is a link: https://fmca.com/index.php?option=co...ics&Itemid=140

Most are machine piecers from what I have seen, but a good number do hand quilting and other crafts. And a small but nice sewing machine occupies but 3-4 square feet when you add one small box for machine specific supplies too. My travel machine, a Viking 650 Opal, runs very happily on the inverter in my rig. Sewing machines use very little power, but I understand the joy of hand sewing too. I just can’t do it anymore due to arthritis in my fingers ��

PKI · 01-04-2020, 07:56 PM

Yes quilting adds another layer to the RV lifestyle. Quilt shops and museums often influence our travel and it's great to hear that we might meet some of you down the road.

Xmcdog · 10-17-2020, 08:45 AM

An interesting thread.
As a retired sewing machine mechanic. ( First trade.). I am fascinated at where serious sewers will work at their hobby.
Way to go. Good luck and keep sewing.