Re: Taking along a machine

Olwyn Mary wrote:
Attention Kate:

It is time once again to make the usual hurricane preps. This year, for the first time, we are planning on evacuating rather than riding it out. The levees still are nowhere near rebuilt, the city utilities are still distinctly fragile, and dh is retired, so there is no longer any requirement to stay at his desk until the last possible minute. This means that instead of stocking up on supplies, cooking and baking two weeks worth of food etc. we are planning to leave ahead of the crowd if a major storm enters the Gulf. So, we all know you take a machine with you whenever you go away, but I would appreciate details of precisely what else you put in the car along with it. For instance, how many and what kind of scissors, rulers, pins etc.? What else is vital and what is superfluous on a weekend trip? (Most evacuations are for about three days, unless the hurricane actually hits as Katrina did). Remember, in the car as well as clothes we will also be carrying important papers, quite possibly old family photos etc.

A detailed list of essentials would be appreciated.

Olwyn Mary in (vulnerable, fragile, but still fighting back) New Orleans.


Your very BEST dressmaking sheers, a decent box of NEW pins and one of hand sewing needles, the best bits of fabric you have (chooese three!) and matching thread, buttons, zips, etc, and some suitable interfacing. Also, choose a couple or three nice patterns that suit the fabric. If quilting, your favourite current project and everything you need to finish it! Include your largest cutting mat and favourite rotary cutter and a 24.5" X 6.5" ruler: you want the biggest! You can cut little things with a big ruler, but not the other way about!

Don't forget cleaning stuff for the sewing machine (brush, oil, etc.) and a few spare bobbins!
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