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Old 08-02-2015, 03:55 AM
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For some reason my little 12 x 12 sewing room is usually the coldest room in the house. Last week I had to set my machine up out on the 3 season room just to be comfortable enough to FMQ.
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Old 08-02-2015, 04:04 AM
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I find that that really hot summer days, when it's too hot and humid outside, are perfect for spending in the basement sewing.
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Old 08-02-2015, 04:36 AM
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Without A/C yes, with A/C never!
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Old 08-02-2015, 04:44 AM
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I can piece when its hot but can't quilt or do much ironing. If I do I have to turn on the AC
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Old 08-02-2015, 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Daylesewblessed View Post
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.

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Old 08-02-2015, 05:54 AM
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I do fine winter or summer because we have a/c and use our ceiling fans in every room run constantly. However, last year I started having hot flashes and just could not do the handwork on my son's quilt with the high loft batting in it. So I can see where there may be times when it is too hot to quilt with a big hot quilt on your lap. But like others have said there's always hand work. I'm one who does not like to run the iron though when it's too hot so if I can't work on things that require ironing early when it's cool, I work on other things that don't heat up my little house.
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Old 08-02-2015, 07:46 AM
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If you don't have central AC why not use a window unit or the new portable ac stand alone ones? You can buy them for 110 outlets now.
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Old 08-02-2015, 07:52 AM
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I live in Fl. it is never tooo hot to quilt, LOL
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Old 08-02-2015, 07:58 AM
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Never too hot for me, but I do not do hand work at all. I have a fan on my sewing table and that helps - we have no A/C.
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It is never "too" anything to stop me from quilting
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