I need a project!
#52
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Montreal
Posts: 376
Check with the airline and customs first. I had to part with a cherished favourite pair of scissors not allowed in the cabin while flying in the Cdn North where there has been no terrorism for centuries. Now I ask to take the finest 7/8" needles, a whole lot of precut thread, a needle threader and I have one of these little circular clover discs with a rotary blade sandwiched between the 2 halves. It is completely safe, to open it requires a pocket knife which is not allowed on board, fabric, and that's the sewing kit. Otherwise a magazine of pattern book, notebook and coloured pencils to plan the next project?
#54
Originally Posted by mbake
I sure would appreciate suggestions for a project I can work on, on an airplane. I will be taking a 14 hour flight in the fall, and that's one way! It will also be 14 hours back! Ugg! Plus it's a four hour flight to get to LA to get on that flight. My daughter is having her first baby. She is in Brisbane, Australia. I think that I can take a child's safety scissors and I think I can take sewing needles. I am at a loss for ideas, so dear friends, help!
#55
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Richland, WA
Posts: 60
I tried that one time. I was going to sew a grandmother's flower garden quilt. I had all my pieces cut out. I took everything on the plane with me. I had no problems getting my little scissors on the plane. However, I found that it was just too difficult to sew on the plane. There was just too much movement on the plane and I finally gave up. It was a good idea though!
#58
I fly ten hours every summer to see my daughter and grandkids and I take the grandmothers flower garden to work on. instead of using paper for them I use freezer paper" It is just firm enough to hold the shape while you are stitching them and you don't have to pin them or glue them onto the backround fabric. Now I have the patience to stitch these little hexagons but I do not have the patience to join them into a traditonal grandmothers flower garden so I am appliqueing each flower to a neutral square of fabric and when I have enough of them I will stitch them all together. Have fun. Ohhh if you have a kindle take that along too! I just got one for our anniversary and I am definately going to catch up on some reading.
#59
http://alamodefabric.blogspot.com/20...-tutorial.html
This is a tute for Grandmother's Flower Garden.
This is a tute for Grandmother's Flower Garden.
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