Thread: Is it ever too hot to quilt?

Some one told me the other day that it was too hot to quilt. Now, if you were going to be crawled up under the thing, I could see where that might pose a problem if you didn't have air conditioning. But, to just sit down at the sewing machine or sit in a chair with a needle and thread..... I don't see the reasoning. I have been in a slump before and just didn't fell like it. Am I missing something? I could quilt just about any time or any season. How about you guys? What do you think?

Originally Posted by Daylesewblessed

For me, it is too hot in the afternoons. The sewing room has windows on the west side and by afternoon, it is better for me to just close the door to that room and work somewhere else.

I have large windows on the east and south side of my house, and the sun beats in there every morning. Now the trees I have planted there work very well at keeping out the heat, but before they grew big enough, I had "solar curtains" on those windows. I got them from Starcrest of California more than 20 years ago. They look like aluminum foil, but are plastic. They let light through and you can see out a little, but not much. (I don't know if you can buy them anymore. You'd have to call the company.) I put the shiny side toward the sun and it was amazing how cool that room was on a hot summer day.
Now we have geothermal heat which gives us free AC. We keep the house at 76 in the summer, so here in Wisconsin, the AC doesn't run much.

It is unbearable warm in my sewing room that has no air conditioning. Quilting is on hold until things cool down. I only venture up there if I have a small sewing project and limit my time. Heat is one of my migraine triggers.

I don't see how it is too hot to quilt if you have AC and want to quilt.

Never to hot for me. I am sidelined right now because of spine surgery 10 days ago and I am already getting antsy.