When my husband and I travel, I take hand work - applique work and/or embroidery. We travel in a camper so I plan ahead and all my projects for 2-3 weeks fit into a 12" scrapbooking container (you know the ones designed to hold 12x12 paper). The only other thing I take is my sewing box which is a make-up bag that has all the essential sewing supplies. I even did some paper-piecing (by hand) while on one trip. I set up strips of lights and darks to make some pineapple blocks for a project - I was amazed at how quickly the hand piecing went and how easy it was.