Ok...I need some help with ideas on to pack for an emergency travel sewing kit.
#24
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: altus oklahoma
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when my mother was terminal i did tons of counted cross stitch it was easy to transport and it soothed her watching me stitch i must admit i didnt quilt back then. i never could sew by hand very well and still dont although im crazy about machine piecing. she just loved to watch a piece of cloth turn into flowers or a verse or picture of some kind i still havent finished the last thing i was working on when she passed. its still a little painful. my mother sewed clothes embroidered did tatting and crocheted but i was always too busy to sit still long enough to learn.
carla
carla
#26
English paper piecing. :) I'm doing a Grandmothers Flower garden and I'm thrilled with it. It's so portable, fits into a ziploc baggie.
A hint so you don't have to cut tons of squares - use a Jelly Roll, cut the squares and then start piecing your flowers!
A hint so you don't have to cut tons of squares - use a Jelly Roll, cut the squares and then start piecing your flowers!
#27
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Eastern MA
Posts: 230
Traditional cathedral window. You can machine sew the "squares" in preparation, put them in the kit and hand sew the centers. I did that for a long time at meetings til the light seemed inadequate. You might also think about getting a portable Ott light to bring along--better for your daughter even than fluorescent. You could do it as an I Spy or random colors, or carefully planned. If you do it in 12-16 inch squares it won;t get heavy or too big until you sew the sections together,.
#28
My vote would be for needle turn applique or applique using wool fabric. Some LQS have wool stitching Grab N Go kits and you would have everything you need except the scissor. The shapes are even precut in these kits.
#29
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Maine-ly Florida
Posts: 3,926
Check out the Pacific Rims Quilts online. They have nice patterns that you use two pieces of cloth for. Use a glass door in the daylight to trace the pattern on one. You baste the top to the bottom and only cut the a bit at a time. It's reverse applique. I love their patterns and they fold up small. You'd be amazed at how much you can get done in a short amount of time.
#30
You have some great ideas here. Perhaps you'd like this one.
Prepare some 12 x 12 inch, white fabric quilt squares by using Aunt Martha's Hot Iron Transfers. Bring a box of non washable crayons and a piece of fine sandpaper to place under the square while coloring the transfer. You and your daughter can color together and you can make a quilt of the colorings someday. I will pray for you both.
Prepare some 12 x 12 inch, white fabric quilt squares by using Aunt Martha's Hot Iron Transfers. Bring a box of non washable crayons and a piece of fine sandpaper to place under the square while coloring the transfer. You and your daughter can color together and you can make a quilt of the colorings someday. I will pray for you both.
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