I probably sew MORE in the 2-3 months leading up to the holidays because I like to give handmade gifts and that becomes "crunch time". I traditionally take the week before Christmas off of work, just so I'll have time to finish up my projects. I make no vacation plans that week, it's a "working vacation". I stay home, I sew, I cook, I decorate...I relax. It's wonderful.
I love that week, I'm looking forward to it this year again. It's usually rainy and cold outside, so I can sit indoors all warm and cozy with quilt pieces on my lap, listening to the rain and the hum of my machine... Lunch will be homemade soup sipped from a mug while I sit on the porch wrapped up in a quilt with a little dog curled up on my lap... Oh I can't wait!