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Old 06-06-2011, 04:37 AM
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Grandmother's Flower Garden is a gorgeous quilt made of about a zillion tiny hexagons sewn around pieces of card stock or heavy paper. It's a beautiful pattern that I know I will always be too lazy to make. :-(

Do a quick Google for images. There are many.
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Old 06-06-2011, 04:56 AM
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What about embroidery?

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Old 06-06-2011, 05:00 AM
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I sure would appreciate suggestions for a project I can work on, on an airplane. I will be taking a 14 hour flight in the fall, and that's one way! It will also be 14 hours back! Ugg! Plus it's a four hour flight to get to LA to get on that flight. My daughter is having her first baby. She is in Brisbane, Australia. I think that I can take a child's safety scissors and I think I can take sewing needles. I am at a loss for ideas, so dear friends, help!
WOW - just found a project perfect to take on a plane - right here on todays topics: Hydrangea avatar folding tut - from a lady in Australia!!! Looks like you could have everything already cut out (& put in ziplocks) & just need thread, needle & sm. thread cutter.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-128379-1.htm

Good luck & congrats on the new grand baby - have a blessed trip
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Old 06-06-2011, 05:18 AM
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I saw they had a "airline friendly" scissors in the latest Keepsake Quilting catalog.
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Old 06-06-2011, 05:21 AM
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I like a Hawaiian pillow case pattern. It is needle turn and then later hand quilt.
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Old 06-06-2011, 05:21 AM
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Originally Posted by mbake
I sure would appreciate suggestions for a project I can work on, on an airplane. I will be taking a 14 hour flight in the fall, and that's one way! It will also be 14 hours back! Ugg! Plus it's a four hour flight to get to LA to get on that flight. My daughter is having her first baby. She is in Brisbane, Australia. I think that I can take a child's safety scissors and I think I can take sewing needles. I am at a loss for ideas, so dear friends, help!
What about pre-cutting yoyos and then pulling them together on the plane. You could use two big zip lock bags, one for the cuts and the other for yoyos. If you didn't have a color pattern in mind, you could attach a few then go back to making a few.
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Old 06-06-2011, 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Lisa_wanna_b_quilter
Grandmother's Flower Garden is a gorgeous quilt made of about a zillion tiny hexagons sewn around pieces of card stock or heavy paper. It's a beautiful pattern that I know I will always be too lazy to make. :-(

Do a quick Google for images. There are many.
I will definitely go over each and every suggestion. I could probably take quite a few projects with me. I'll have to stock up on zip lock bags! :)
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Old 06-06-2011, 06:51 AM
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I'd make yo-yos. They don't require as much attention to detail as embroidery projects. Sometimes airline lighting leaves something to be desired. You could have enough for a table runner by the time you fly there and back. I'm making my next ones with the Clover yo-yo maker. I made them the old way in the 70s to make a vest. There's a new Clover yo-yo maker that makes flowers, too.
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Old 06-06-2011, 07:36 AM
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I just put together a small wall hanging and then marked it and am hand quilting it. Very fun actually! (my first time trying hand quilting and loving it!) Very compact, I have a baggie with my thread, needles, scissors and thimble and then the fabric.
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Old 06-06-2011, 08:53 AM
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today- according to the rules you can have scissors up to 4" long- pins, needles, pin cushion...


I don't understand the thought behind these rules...they let knitting needles on the plane! I would think they could do more damage than 4" pins. I'm just saying.
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