I usually have two quilt projects going at a time; something machine pieced or needing machine quilting, binding, etc.; and my long-term cathedral window squares that I am doing all by hand. I have my quilting basket packed in the car with muslin squares, the window colored fabric squares, squares of batting that I am inserting under the window material for extra warmth, pins, scissors, thread, needles, seam ripper, thimbles, Band-Aids (should I stick myself so I don’t bleed on my muslin), and a small plastic ruler. My sewing basket has a padded top which I love. I sit the basket in my lap, use the top for my work table, and to stick my pins in and out of as I work. My basket only comes into the house when I have a few squares completed and/or need to pack additional supplies.
Leaving it in the car assures me that I don’t find myself somewhere with unexpected time on my hands and nothing to do.
