Motor home remorse

Rip and Rosie · Guru

RE: Motor home remorse

scotia59 · Senior Member

huge step that we are just trying to work out too - whether to sell the house etc etc. My advice (not that I really know what to do myself yet) is like said before, try it first before you make any final decisions. We have gone away heaps in our camper but only for short periods of a week or two and I never want to go home but I am not sure how I would feel if the home was not there anymore!!

re quilting - taking a sewing machine with you sound a great idea, it could give you a bit of an income while you are one the road?

good luck
Jean

dawa · Guru

I have just bought a campervan and for a couple years I plan to keep my home base. Sort of put my toes in the water first so to speak. It will also give me time to disperse some of my belongings ..'slowly' Too much all at once can be overwhelming so I am spacing it all out. well that is the plan at the moment......LOL dawa

dawa · Guru

Yes i am taking my sewing machine too. Have several quilt tops cut ready to sew. In fact i take two machines; one is a hand cranked for straight seems when there is no power and the other is a fancy electric for when there is power available. Not sure if i can fit the spinning wheel in tho. dawa

Elle on Wheels · Guru

Dawa if you mount the spinning wheel on the roof it can function as a wind turbine. Seriously though if your solar panels have sufficient capacity you could hook them up to an inverter and run your sewing machine off that when free camping...... I'm just learning all about this stuff myself and will investigate inverters once I hvae the solar sorted.

-- Edited by Elle on Wheels on Thursday 29th of December 2011 10:34:34 AM

Rip and Rosie · Guru

hey dawa, I would love to learn to spin - its on my bucket list. If we ever meet up, will you teach me?
Rosie

dawa · Guru

i bought a hand cranked sewing machine off ebay. have cut some 'kits' and will sew those while away. The first time out i shall be away for 3 months only dawa

dawa · Guru

a big Rosie no problem at all. dawa

Evie n Rhys · Senior Member

Hi and welcome Fireheart,
The decision is the hardest step, once made the rest is a little easier. The sheading becomes easier as you get into it. I asked the kids and friends if they wanted things n went from there. Still disposing of stuff!! I'm on the road with a Shelley tea set in my boot!!!!!
Just looking for the right home for it. ....Yes things have meaning and hold memories but all in all it's just "stuff".
Having had the experience of having a beautiful home (which I built as an owner builder) and a beautiful garden (open for exhibition the last year I had it) and then losing it overnight I can honestly say I loved it all and I cherish the memory but look forward to creating new memories along the way. Life is too short, make the decision that best suits you. Try before you buy is a great suggestions as Jon said.
I wish you nothing but happiness whatever you decide.
Hope to see you out there some time.
Cheers
Tess

Mergatroy · Veteran Member

Hi all. Ive just returned from a festival in NSW, there was a guy there who had a
sewing m/c and
overlocker running from one of the
car boost starter pack thingy ma jigs, it had a builtin inverter. He had the battery puck undr a 'milky crate and used the crate as a bench (he sat on the ground, on a tarp)
He only had one of the m/c running at a time. He was making been bags and had us blowing up baloons (partly blown up) to fill them enstead of using the horrid styrene filling.
Because its intemiitnt he got about 3-4 hrs from each battery charge (later one of the stalls got an extention cord from thier genny to him).