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Pieceful Monday

Pieceful Monday, once again. I hope your weekend was relaxing and enjoyable. Here in Minnesota, we welcomed in our first snowfall of the year, along with wind and much cooler temps. It was a great weekend for staying home and stitching!

When you read this, I’ll be on another short trip with BigJ. So I’ll be doing a little exploring, but I also have some stitching and other things along to keep me busy.

Remember the Jolly Braid Tote Bag? I’m taking it with me on its first road trip.

Pieceful Monday - Jolly Braid Tote Bag - piecefulthoughts.com 2017

I’m filling it up with a few things to take along.

Pieceful Monday - Filling the totebag - piecefulthoughts.com 2017

So what’s in there? Well, a little stitching project, along with my zipper pouch full of thread, scissors, and other things I need to work on it. That’s a little wool project that may become a Christmas gift.

Pieceful Monday - Stitching Project - piecefulthoughts.com 2017

I also bring along some sketchbooks for quilt designs, a ruler and pencil, and two books to spark my creativity.

Pieceful Monday - My bag stash - piecefulthoughts.com 2017

My Kindle will also get tucked in there, and I’ll leave room for a few things I may pick up along the way. And snacks — I’m sure some snacks will find their way in there too!

When I get back home, I hope to have some days to play with this happy mail I received this week. Look at all those solids! Yippee! Improv is calling!

These were sent to me as part of the #getyourquiltywishesgranted3 on Instagram. So much fun! It’s a good thing I sent a few quilty things to some other quilters so I have a little more room for this new addition to my stash!

So what about you? What do you take along when you go on a short roadtrip? Leave a comment and let me know.

Wendy

10 Comments

  • lorieast2

    Coffee, of course. I rarely take sewing on road trips because I am the one who drives, but I always take books (or even better, Audible books).

  • Louise Hornor

    Your bag looks so great full of trip supplies 🙂

    Road trips are such a rarity for us now that I spend the whole time looking out the window. It’s nice to see trees and houses and towns whizzing by at speeds above 7mph, which is the fastest the boat goes.

  • karenfae

    my granddaughter is on a rowing team and they had went to Columbus Ohio for the weekend for a regatta and it was snowing for awhile during one of the races – she said it was pretty chilly and that her lips stayed blue most of the day! too early

  • karenfae

    and forgot to say usually for a short road trip I take my camera – I don’t do much stitching in the car – sometimes some crocheting but not quilting stuff – – and coffee!

  • Kathleen McCormick

    Snacks, stitching, knitting, and ipad. Where are you off too? We are in ME (where we had no power for a day) and then heading to Bermuda. I don’t seem to get as much done as I did when I was younger traveling, so we’ll see how this one goes! Planning packing Thursday-a quick weekend away for 25th anniversary and birthday (not 25….but a big one).

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