When my children were at home and I worked, I only made 1-3 quilts a year, and those were only tops. I discovered the wonderful world of applique, which meant I could sit and watch tv and quilt. I could also take my applique with me to ball games, doctor appts, and to work on while waiting for the girls to get out of school and get in the car. Now, with my girls grown and me unable to work, I spend several hours each day quilting, at least 3-5 days a week. I'd say 7 days a week but my health is such that there are simply days I'm unable to do much of anything. I find my quilting time is something I have to organize. I get up, feed the dog and hedgehog, do 30 minutes to an hour of work out (bleh!), and then spend several hours cleaning the house. Hubby comes home for lunch and I feed him. Once he leaves I play on the computer (sometimes I do that in the morning and ignore some chores) and then head downstairs to quilt. Once hubby comes home I head upstairs, make dinner, and spend the evening with him. I do my applique in the evenings when we watch tv. This allows me to get a great number of things done as far as quilting goes and I've found that in the past year or so I've been able to do a lot more projects, and best of all - I'm actually finishing some of them. :lol: Without a schedule I would be lost. My house would be a wreck (which wouldn't be a biggie except I'm allergic to dust & molds & pretty much everything else and HAVE TO clean!) and I'd get a lot more quilting done! Lol.
I've also found that a great motivator, at least for me, are the various Bees and the local quilt guild I belong to. I have 1 bee I attend once a week and 2 others that are once a month. My guild meeting is also once a month and I'm starting a bee at my house, which will be twice a month. Without my friends, I don't know that I would be able to maintain the quilting pace I do.
I don't get much quilting done in the summer. Winter's here are usually filled with several feet of snow & bitterly cold, which is a perfect time to hang out in my quilt room. In the summer I am usually too busy with my garden (I have to raise a lot of my own food) to do much quilting.