I like to take hand and machine sewing projects. Its always nice to stop and sit and work on something by hand. I always bring several projects, mostly UFOs. I noticed that some people take the same UFOs away every year and only work on them on retreats. I take several because I never know what I want to work on. A word of advice is, if you want to start a new project, do all your cutting at home before you go away. You don't want to waste your time cutting and you never know if the space will be available. Have a blast!