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.