vivientan

I'll be travelling in June and intend to bring along some small sewing/quilting projects to do while on the go, to help spend idle time during the plane trip and cold winter nights. Any suggestions on what I could bring along, that will not take up too much luggage space? I'm thinking of applique tops for mug rugs, coasters, totes. Any other suggestions?

Phyllis42

hexagons..

citruscountyquilter

English Paper Piecing - hexis or other would be good and not take up too much space. Applique is another.

Phyllis42

for hexagon info see 12 (hexagon templates) ahead of you in this section

Luv Quilts and Cats

Hexagons or small double hatchet (also known as apple core) pieces. Easy to hand sew.

Ditzyprints

I would recommend hand piecing a small project. I once pieced a bunch of half square triangles for a border (I hand pieced the rest of the small project too) while travelling.

Tartan

Do you like Redwork? Embroidery blocks travel well and you don't need a lot of supplies. I use the NonSlip hoop, a Frixion pen to trace my designs on my fabric squares, a ball of #8 perle cotton, pkg. of John James needles and my thread snips. If you don't want to travel with scissor ( even though the restrictions have been relaxed) get one of the disc thread snip necklaces.

ManiacQuilter2

I love to take the hexagons. They are so portable and easy to take with me.

QuiltE

Tartan .... please tell use more!
(I googled, but found nothing that made sense!)



VivienTan ... I'm another for hexies, though they can be bulky ... plus managing all the little pieces on a plane might make them awkward (almost impossible?) to work on. Embroidery would be a simpler project and yet you could do some really intricate work. If carrying/storage is an issue while travelling, embroidery would definitely take up less space for the time it would take to you to complete the work.

auntpiggylpn

Google "thread cutter necklace" and you will find lots of them! http://www.jimmybeanswool.com/knitti...FU8Q7AodlCwAvw