Do you "retire" at some point during the year?
04-13-2013, 07:38 AM
#31
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Summers are very short here but daylight is l-o-n-g. All summer, DH & I are fishing to fill the freezer and put in the smoker as well. We are also busy picking berries to put up for the winter. It's a busy "working" summer but we love being outside and it's a treat to open a jar of berry preserves in December when there's 6 feet of snow outside and still coming down! If I do any crafting in the summer it is usually small projects, and usually crochet which I can put down and pick up for a few moments when I have time. Long dark winters provide plenty of quilting time!
04-13-2013, 07:39 AM
#32
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I've only done limited hand quilting because of carpal tunnel, however, years ago when I was hand quilting my daughter's full size quilt I put the quilt and quilt frame on my old dining room table. My sewing room was in the basement then, I had lots of windows and light an A/C unit, TV and fan. The table let me quilt, it supported the rest of the quilt, while the fan blew cooler air under the table and I was a lot cooler. It worked for me anyway. I even made several quilts that summer, with my machine on the table and the fan blowing cool air. I was very comfortable.
04-13-2013, 08:20 AM
#34
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Originally Posted by Dragonomine
I hand quilt on my lap and I take a break in the summer because it's just too hot to do it. Does anyone else take a break?
04-13-2013, 01:28 PM
#36
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Location: Illinois
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I agree that it is great to be outside in the summer but if I need to have several quilting projects "on board" at all times to maintain my sanity. I only do machine quilting so cannot take it outside which I would dearly love to do. It is usually a toss-up --enjoy the outside or quilt?
04-13-2013, 02:35 PM
#37
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Location: Halls Cross Roads, TN
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Jan, Should we invite everyone to Knoxville to enjoy the Dogwood Arts Festival that is going on right now? It is a beautiful time of year here in east TN.
Originally Posted by grandjan
Do many of you have to put your quilting away for awhile this time of year? The grass is growing fast and the weeds are growing faster. There's a vegetable garden to be put in and a world of clean-up work from the winter. Besides, the mornings are so pretty and so enticing that it's hard to stay indoors. I take the dog out and linger, and pull a few weeds, and dawdle, and admire the cherry tree and stall about going back inside. No regrets. The quilt will be there, won't it? In a month or two when it's not quite so inviting outside. And of course, I can always tell myself that I'm looking for inspiration, right?
04-13-2013, 03:08 PM
#38
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Location: North Carolina
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I usually do not do much quilting in the summer because it is too warm, I piece tops and when the weather cools off I start quilting again. We also have a big garden and we do lots of outdoor stuff with our daughter and her family during the summer.
04-13-2013, 03:31 PM
#39
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Elkhorn, WI
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Spring was my favorite time to push a machine outside to quilt. For hand quilting, I put it on a table to keep it off my lap. No table, how about a good old fashioned quilting frame? 1 x2 x8feet with 4 "c" clamps.
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