In winter, often it is too cold to be outdoors, in summer, often it is too hot to be outdoors. I just take it as it comes. Quilting gets squeezed in between running errands, friends, and computer (reading this board - ha, ha,)and getting a sewing machine to work properly. I took my "best" machine to get cleaned and lubricated yesterday. Hopefully, I will have no more sewing machine problems for quite a while.