Depending on how much time your withdrawal will be you could go to a thrift shop and find a project to seam rip or o as bearisgray stated. I got a wedding dress with a lot of lace trim and would take it with me to my Dh office and start ripping. Used the lace for later projects. Small pair of sharp embroidery shears helped with lace attachments. You can still do both just for variety. Love the exlarge Ziploc bags. They fold up into a tote easy. Zip binders like the kids have going back to school for some projects.