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Does anyone have a suggestion for a portable hand sew quilt project. Still not interested in knitting again which I loved as it was easy to carry around.

Thank you
geraldine

...there's always EPP.....hexies, Lucy Boston patchwork of crosses, millefiiore. Or if you like to hand piece look into Linda Franz method of printing on fabric......just some more ideas......

Maybe a crazy quilt project....make up a little 'go bag' so whatever project you decide to do all the bits and pieces are in the bag (thread, scissors, etc.).

You could put some quick crazy quilt blocks together, then look for embellishments. I like to use prewashed starched muslin for the foundation. I have a few blocks I'm working on scattered here and there. Got some old slips and doilies from estate sales and bric brac. old beads from old necklaces. Fancy dresses from estate/thrift stores have great lace and beading for embellishments. BAby clothes that have cotton lace or smocking. Got a wedding dress last year at thrift store. Ugliest thing one would even want to wear but had lots of beads and lace and embroider. Overkill for some people but great source for embellishing and the underskirt will be great for starter. bridesmaid dresses. Save those zippers and button strips. I leave the strips attached to the material. That way they're all in one spot and not flying all over. Most of the zippers are in pretty good shape for other projects.

I do hand applique & carry it around in a little plastic shoe box (portable IdeaWorks folding LED light, needles & threads, thimbles, embroidery scissors, seam ripper & applique pins). I always have something to work on when I'm waiting. :)

You can hand piece any block - when I rode with DH in his big truck, I had blocks cut and marked and sewed while I rode.

If you check on Micky Dupree's site she has several projects for handpiecing with blocks she has designed...very interesting

You could make up some charms, 2 of each fabric, and make up a kit for "match game" quilt for a child or charity. You could easily kit them in a quart-size ziploc, along with thread, needle, small scissors and seam ripper. (I carry the sharp items, actually, in a hard-bodied eyeglass case.) OH, and a Band-Aid, for obvious reasons:) .

I carry my hexes with me when I am waiting on an appointment.

I'm working on a grandmothers flower garden with 1" hexes. It transports easily and I can take a section I'm working on along with the thread, snips, needle threader and pieces for that section in a quart zip bag anywhere I might have a wait. The entire project fits in one of the tote bags I've made.

I have a couple things going - 1.) 1" Hexies, love to make the flowers. I am have the card board pieces that I glue them on and then stitch them together since they are so small. (I did a larger one that I just drew the lines on the hexies and then sewed them together in the flower.) 2.) Making tumbling blocks with the plastic pieces from Brandy's. It will be an I Spy quilt when it is done. 3.) I have a pre-printed hand embroidery kit for an Alphabet quilt. and 4.) I have 2 inch shares I intend to sew into a heart quilt. I have a lot of pieces cut, but nothing sewed together so it does not travel with me yet.

All of these items are ready to go at a moments notice because I need something to do with my hands. One time we went to Vegas for a few days, we had a lot planned so didn't think I would need to take anything - thus the reason I have the alphabet embroidery quilt kit. My husband asked who was going to get it - told him, who ever needed it once it was finished.

Oh, and I also have a crochet item to take. Luckily my youngest daughter loves long scarves, so I make a couple a year for her when I don't have enough light available to sew.

I have bright colors and whites cut into 2" squares that I am hand piecing into nine patches. If I live long enough, lol, they'll become a Jack's Chain quilt. That pattern requires unsewn seams, with all the set-in triangles between the nine patches, thus the hand piecing. So it became my portable project.

Needle turned applique... I am about to start a Hawaiian wall quilt and it has lots of needle turned applique. It's portable because you first baste the pieces on the background so you can carry it around without any pins in it. All you need is sewing needles, thread and small snips and you are good to go.

There are lots of lovely pillow patterns or you can cut your own using the "folded snowflake" method.

This lady makes it look easy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1JfutOA1NQ

This is where I got my sea turtles and dolphins pattern:
http://prqc.com/patterns.htm

I just made a 1" gfg quilt that Charisma quilted. didn't have a car all summer, son needed it. finished it about 120 x 120 in the summer, may 20 to July 20th,. a good hand project.

HEXIES!!!!!!!!! Love them, super portable, can make a pillow or a quilt! Google hexie patterns for ideas of how to arrange them. It will blow your mind! It's no longer just Grandma's Flower Garden!! (and super easy!!)

https://www.google.com/search?q=hexi...w=1093&bih=482

Wherever I go, I have a beadwork piece that I have been working on for about 3 years. I swear I will never get that thing done. My daughter calls it my "hospital"piece, because I have sat in hospital rooms with family members and worked on it so much

Very interesting techniques!!

My take along is usually redwork (doesn't necessarily have to be red, either. I just started one of big game animals that I am doing in forest green thread). Blocks, needles, threader, small scissor, hoop and embroidery floss all fit into a quart or gallon sized ziplock bag.

I love to keep the bags that curtains come in as they are much sturdier than ziplock bags and often better sized for small hand projects.

I've just discovered the pleasure in making penny rugs.

I like wool appliqué, needle turned appliqué, and embroidery projects. Right now I'm hand sewing 1" squares together for a postage stamp quilt. I always have a hand project ready to go!

English Paper Piecing.
I love it. It's portable and easy to pick up where you left off.

A good quilt book. Hexi project would be my choice.

I like to bring along a pincushion to embellish before sewing it together. These make great gifts.

I'm glad you asked! There is applique, embroidery (crazy quilting, or otherwise, English paper piecing (such as sewing 1" hexies) and, of course, there is always sewing on binding. I keep a "Sew 'N Go" kit ready at all times for these portable projects. It's a great way of killing two birds with one stone: You don't waste time when you have to wait, and you advance whatever project you're working on.

Besides quilting I like to crochet. It is much easier than knitting. No dropped stitches and only one crochet hook.
Ive done lap size throws for years. But I do have to be in the mood just like quilting. It is still summer so not in the mood to sew at all. To nice outside.

do you hand applique? i am prepping 2 blocks to go with the 2 blocks I have in progress. 2 weeks on vacation with plane rides and car trips! I have 2 knitting projects, hand applique and quilt to bind/deliver! Here is a link to Erin Russek's blog. Look on the right side bar for BOM and free projects. She also has applique lessons too. I have gotten alot of good tips.

http://erinrussek.typepad.com/one-piece-at-a-time/

I love doing hexagons. there is a tute on Hickory Nuts I believe it's called. I made all finished individual hex's and then stitched them into rows by hand too. then into the size of a small quilt. my friend used black backing that folded over and it looked so much better than the different greens I used.

My favorite is Dresden Plate...cut out the wedges - mark a 1/4" line with a pencil - and you are good to go.

Start making yo-yos for a project. They're small to work on and your material, thread and fabric aren't hard to carry.