Originally Posted by
stitchingcrazy
I don't how you can do so much piecing in such a short time span. Don't your shoulders seize up after a while?
Actually my shoulders have started bothering me when I spend too much time at the computer, but the sewing machine doesn't bother me that much. Probably because I keep getting up and down to go to the ironing board. Plus, I only do what I'm in the mood for at the moment. IOW, I do things in groups--but I will often sew for 1-2 hours (if I can) at a time, but sometimes it is only 20 minutes until an English student comes over when I will have to go downstairs.
Plus, my machine sews pretty quickly now (Janome Horizon7700)...so I can sew faster than I used to be able to. ;0 That helps.
But my motivation is to try to get to the floor of my sewing room. I've been doing so many scrappy tops--all since last year, trying to work my scraps down. And I have managed to get them down so it isn't so scary.