I live in the Southwest United States. That means in the summer, unless your're lucky enough to have air conditioning, you don't do much-or more likely-no sewing past 85 or so degrees. I try to keep up my sewing skills by staying with smaller projects. Which is for me is either quilting block samples or small accessories like this sewing scarf I hand finished the closing just this morning.
Don't give up your sewing skills just because of some unavoidable situation like extreme temperatures or demanding life styles. You will always find a way of squeezing sewing/quilting in somehow.
Don't let the extreme length of the scarf distract you in any way. I did reduce them 50% but still is quite lengthly!