Thursday, May 31, 2018

Travelling with Japanese Embroidery

Remember this huge thing? Well every month when I meet with my group I have to cart both the stand and the frame, not forgetting all the various tools required, to and from our meeting place.


When I signed up for my first class, I made sure to find a case to put my frame in so it doesn't get damaged during transport. It's also where it resides when I'm not stitching on my piece to keep it from getting dusty. In the course notes that were sent to me from the JEC, I noticed that they recommended a case for the frame. I kept it in mind when I started shopping around for one. I ended up ordering it from Amazon, but this particular product doesn't ship to Canada. I had to ship it to my friend's house in New Jersey and pick it up when I went to visit.


This is what my trunk looks like when I go to my meetings. I can barely close the trunk because the case sticks out just a tiny bit.


While my frame was safe, I still needed to figure out how to carry my stand more efficiently. Till now I'd been tying all the pieces together with bungee cord and placing the whole lot in a plastic bag to carry it. Not very practical or pretty, and the bungee cords are really tough to pull on.


I looked around online for a bag that would fit the largest piece and found this Yoga bag on Amazon. Not my favorite pattern, but the dimensions seemed right so I took a chance and ordered it.

Best decision ever! It's sturdy and it fits all the pieces perfectly. The straps are very comfortable to carry in hand or over the shoulder. Even with the stand, there is still place for me to place my tools if I wanted to.


There are even pockets on the inside to carry the securely store the bits that are needed for assembling the stand.

So all in all I'm very satisfied with it. With these two purchases I'm set for travelling with my Japanese embroidery anytime I need to.

9 comments:

  1. Don't you you love when you find something that works so well?

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  2. It's always very pleasing to have the kit safely packed up, isn't it!

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  3. Great find now all you need is a yoga mat and the case can do double duty!

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    1. That one already has it's one bag ;) I love bags (and boxes!)

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  4. I can’t imagine needing to cart around a stand as well as a frame, I struggled with just a slate frame and related stitching paraphernalia! Great idea for your stand!

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    1. It really is annoying sometimes. Wait till I have to start travelling by plane with it all >.<

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  5. Gosh, I'm so glad you have a car to lug all this stuff around in! This kind of needlework really isn't the most portable hobby one can have, but I like how you still found solutions to deal with it :)

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    1. It really isn't :) We have a member of our group who has to take the train and then be picked up to join our meetings. Luckily our host has an extra stand that she can use, but she still has to lug that frame around

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