Originally Posted by aussiequilter

DH and I are in the process of packing up for a trip next week: Melbourne to Broome, towards the northern tip of the West Australian coast, then back home through the inland - a sort or big loop, about ten thousand miles by the time we get home again. We will be gone for about two months.

I have been wondering the same thing: take the machine, or not. We have a camper trailer, with electricity supply and all but, as usual, space will be a premium.

I am cutting lots of pieces for my GFG and preparing perhaps half a dozen DJ blocks, both to hand-piece. Then buy a machine in Broome if you really are desperate.

Once while living in Wangaratta, my DH and I took a trip quite like the one you are planning, I would imagine. We left from Wang to White Cliffs, on up to Innamincka then Birdsville then back down the track to Adelaide. We were gone for three - four weeks.

As I remember it, the evenings were so magical and the birds were so beautiful, I didn't miss a thing. So, as an American I can testify that enjoying the wonderful country you call home while you are able to will in years ahead, become be more and more a delightful memory to you. It would be hand-piecing for me.



My thinking is that if I get all the way to Broome and have become a desperado because I don't have a sewing machine I could buy a little one there, rather than drag one all the way from here.

Is this a good idea, and am I taking enough hand-piecing, or should I work a bit harder with the preparation now?