Wednesday, July 18, 2012
We are beginning our trip to Dunedin, on the south island of New Zealand where Bruce will be teaching and conducting workshops at the University of Otago and surrounding areas. I'll tell you more about that area later, but first, we'll visit for a few days in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. We're really looking forward to visiting our friends, Gary and Brenda O'Mahoney, (Bruce's former Aussie teaching partner), as well as others whom we rarely get to see.
Because it's winter in the southern hemisphere, we are prepared for some cold weather (sounds so great right now) and have packed accordingly and just hoping our bags don't weigh in over 50 lbs. which is our limit on Air New Zealand. Since I'm planning to meet with quilters there, I just had to take fabric with me---didn't realize how heavy it can be.....oh well, just dump all those extra shoes!
Because it's winter in the southern hemisphere, we are prepared for some cold weather (sounds so great right now) and have packed accordingly and just hoping our bags don't weigh in over 50 lbs. which is our limit on Air New Zealand. Since I'm planning to meet with quilters there, I just had to take fabric with me---didn't realize how heavy it can be.....oh well, just dump all those extra shoes!
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Well, why not take a sewing machine on the plane to New Zealand? I read Bonnie K. Hunter's blog and in it she describes all that she carries on the plane with her in her many travels around the USA to lecture, teach and quilt. The main thing is one of her travelling sewing machines! I found this wonderful carry-on bag that is a perfect fit for my Singer Featherweight machine. It's got lots of pockets for my supplies AND best of all - it fits UNDER the seat in front of me.
