It's very comfortable, haha. I'll never move...

haha, I do enjoy crafts :P

Thank you :) Happy with the results.

I’ve seriously learnt a lot! 🤣

I've been lugging the sewing machine around just to finally finish this project, haha. Got there in the end.

haha so guess you'll never sew your own caravan sofa covers?

Thank you!

Awww thank you! It's really great to hear.

Thank you!

And it does feel so soft :)

Oh how exciting! What country are you in? I'd genuinely be curious to hear how you find it!

I know, I have got a sterling too, its fairly similar to yours. I'm in the UK, I live in a town called Brighton. I plan to go local at first and then maybe head down through France to Spain in it later in the year. Fingers crossed!

ThunderStruck thank you! Great to hear you have a similar caravan😀

Yikes! I ended up getting a mattress topper for my bed as it was rock solid.

Thank you! Happy with the results :)

Really glad to hear that I don't need to worry about the buttons. Well - only the one I started trying to get out, haha. Always happy to try a challenge!

It's only my own views regarding the the stud buttons.....lol. Other opinions and tastes are readily available. 😉👍

No buttons seems to be the overall feedback from everyone, haha.

Thank you!

Thank you! I've been storing the dewing machine in the back seat of the car or under the bed. Will be returning it soon as it does take up a lot of room!

Thank you! I'll happily ignore the buttons then, haha.

Thank you! I hadn't sewn in years before this and my curtains project, haha

That’s great! Hope it helps your RV

Thank you!

Hi Anthony, welcome to the channel! Good idea to cover your cushions if you're not loving the pattern. I'm glad I covered my seating area and changed the curtains as it now feels more like my own space😀

It was the perfect distraction on a wet day. I'll have a hunt around on my next Spotlight visit out of curiosity! Glad to hear it looks better without! Sleeping on them - visitors have had mixed responses. Apparently it's VERY firm, haha.

Thank you!

She makes it like Magic !!!

Thank you! That's great to hear.

Thank you! Tried to be brutal and cut out as much as possible.

Travelling K it was good! The little sewing montages were great

Hi, I have been trying to comment but not sure how, hope this works. You are doing an awsome job all round, well done. Its easier in Australia with regards grey water, we dont waste it and try to water any trees or plants we are near, we use long waste hoses for this. If you have not been informed yet regarding your water hose, the normal garden hoses are quite toxic and make the water taste awfull, we use food grade hoses , they are light blue on the outside and have a clear inner. You may have to flush your water tanks a few times to get the taste out,just fill em up with the new hose and drain them out. Bought from Bunnings. I have found a timber sleeper also from bunnings hardware shop cut up into square blocks are handy for all jacking and jockey wheel support jobs when the ground is soft. I drive my van up onto them too to level out sometimes. I find 2 batteries are best combined with solar, plenty of power. Cheers and all the best, Ian. Brisbane Australia.

Hi Ian, thank you for comment! Yeah, I've heard Australia is more relaxed about the grey water. I only recently learnt that the normal hose was toxic... thinking back to all those childhood times I drank from it - whoops. Definitely need a few random wooden blocks for the stabilising legs too. What type of batteries do you have? Deep Cycle? What brand? I'm thinking of getting 1 200w deep cycle battery to start with and see how I do this winter :P

Hi Again, we are just in the middle of changing caravans, we sold our JB 20 ft dirt roader after traveling right round Australia, and now waiting on a new Jayco silverline 21.5 ft with slide out to be built. Should be due in about April. (Very exciting). Regarding the brand of the batteries, sorry but I cant remember, but they were 100 ah deep cycle gel cel batteries (no maintenance) and I'm getting the same again on the new van. the last van had 3 solar panels and the new one will just have two which I think is enough. With the modern led lights now we find we have plenty of power, mind you we have plenty of sun too. We are getting 3 water tanks again. you are right when you say the most important things are power and water. We mostly free camp. I forgot to mention too, I am now in the habit of chocking my van before disconnecting the car, I learn't earlier on to never trust the caravan handbrake. mine nearly rolled down an embankment into a river once. the plastic slopey leveler things make it worse too as the van tries to twist off on that side as you know. so I use 4 cheap plastic caravan chocks and always chock both sides of the wheels including behind the one on the leveler. Gets a bit fiddly getting them out at times, you have to tow the van a bit back and forth, but worth the bother I recon. Iv forgotten too and run over them. If I'm staying a while ill drive up the leveler onto wooden blocks Iv set up, that way it decreases the chance of rolling off as it is then a flat surface and easier to chock too. I watched one of your videos regarding pouring hot water on the gas cylinder to see how much gas was left in it, I tried that old wives tale too, didn't work for me either, lol. I just slop the bottle too and fro and you can feel the gas sloshing around, its a lot lighter too of course. And when in doubt I just fill it up. Cheers Ian.

Kathleen Hart Thank you! Glad to hear I can do without the buttons! They would have been fiddly to do.

Oh, that's good to know! Sounded loud to me, haha

Thank you😀

Thank you!

Not tempted to give it a go?

haha, yeah, I thought my caravan was one of the nicer looking ones available at the time. My plants are chilli and mint grown from seed :) Great to hear that the blog is helpful too! I hadn't heard of kings galette. Is it in January? How was it?

Hi Karen. Yes it's only the first week-end of january, you bought a galette in supermarket or at the bakery, there are two type : with applesauce or "frangipane " ( almond sauce ) and inside there is a ceramic bean who is hidden, and when you eat them the people who have the bean in his part, wear a crown. It's a familly moment who enjoy the children and you drink with a cup of cider or champagne for the adult. Just after the christmas and new year meal, after that you have to run run and run to preserve your health !! Have a nice week-end, see you later. Denis.

Aww that sounds like a really nice family moment. I'm sure the kids get excited about finding the bean :)

krissander1 hmmm ok. This is good to know!! I had no idea.

alanprowse7 try AASolar in Auckland 😀

Do you find 330W is enough to run your van, or do you wish you had more? my research is showing that solar panels are only about 50% efficient on average. What is your opinion? Thanks.

alanprowse7 it’s plenty in summer! No problem. Wasn’t great in winter, but I think that was more because I needed better batteries to store enough power for overcast days.

Oh good, not sure I can be bothered, haha

And I was meaning to schedule this video for Tuesday, so you're one of the first to see it!

Glad you enjoyed it Frank! The sewing machine is no longer in the caravan to save space😀

Hmm good idea about selling a few items! I'm still overly cautious about my battery, haha

Do you prefer the original pattern? 😂😂 It's very minimal and trendy right now😉

You've made me very curious to learn about these other channels! haha. I started mainly to have a creative outlet. But starting to wonder if I could make some money somehow. Just takes so long to produce the videos and blog posts!

Travelling K I might tell you 😀 I was just interested if you were doing this for the purposes of generating money or just pleasure because I happily watch your videos if you're doing it for pleasure purposes.

You might tell me? haha. Well, just for fun for now but no idea what the future holds :)

Travelling K how do I get hold of you without my email etc being on here?

Not email? People Facebook message TravellingK or you could use the clunky KZfaq message option - just comment somewhere so I know to check it!