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    Old 04-28-2013, 12:30 PM
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    How do you hand quilt in the summer? I have a quilt to repair, but it's too warm, and it's only 75.
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    Old 04-28-2013, 12:39 PM
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    I sit at my dining room table, and use a small hoop. I do this all year round.
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    Old 04-28-2013, 12:44 PM
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    I use a floor frame. I can quilt all year - on the really hot days I have a fan blowing on me.

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    Old 04-28-2013, 01:47 PM
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    I use my Q snap floor frame in the air conditioning.
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    Old 04-28-2013, 03:50 PM
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    I do. I just take breaks when I get too hot.
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    Old 04-28-2013, 06:39 PM
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    It helps to keep it off your lap and having a fan too. This will probably be my first summer of piecing and quilting as I was always working before and not into quilting last summer. It will be interesting to see if I put it away for the summer or keep going at the pace I'm going now.
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    Old 04-28-2013, 09:45 PM
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    In a hoop, I place the bulk of the quilt over a small folding table to keep the majority of it off my body.

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    Old 04-28-2013, 10:21 PM
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    I quilt in a hoop on a floor stand all year long - the only thing I don't do in summer is quilting a wool batting!
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    Not very lady like, but I sit with my legs spread and have the bulk of the quilt between them.
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    Old 04-29-2013, 03:52 AM
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    Hand quilting in warm/hot weather?
    The a/c is on AND the ceiling fan at full speed.
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