The Kindle Fire is seriously cutting into my quilting time

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01-08-2012, 08:55 AM

tucsonquilter

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The Kindle Fire is seriously cutting into my quilting time

I love to quilt. I sew everyday. I also love to read but not everyday. I love quilting more.
However since I received a Kindle Fire for Christmas I find that alot of my free time is now reading novels on the Kindle....not so much quilting....
I hope the novelty will wear off soon so I can get back to quilting. LOL

01-08-2012, 09:21 AM

ka9sdn

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I also got a Kindle Fire for Christmas but my quilting is still getting done. I go back and forth, it is so nice to have a couple of my favorite hobbies so readily available.

01-08-2012, 09:44 AM

tngal22

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I love my Kindle...I have the Kindle Keyboard that I got for Mother's Day 2011. I read very often up until the holidays since I got so busy with family. I am sure with my up coming surgery, I will get more reading done then sewing since it will be hard to sit at the machine for too long.

Enjoy your Kindle!

01-08-2012, 09:47 AM

Raggiemom

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Set yourself an amount of time to spend on each and set a timer to ring at end of allotted time? I know what you mean though!

01-08-2012, 10:11 AM

BellaBoo

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Anyone who likes to read owes it to themselves to get a Kindle. The $79 is great for reading. We have several Kindles n the house. Most all the classic books are free and Amazon has free books about every hour. I have the Kindle Fire and it does more then I need it to but I like that everything is in color.

01-08-2012, 10:20 AM

CorgiNole

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I registered my son's new Kindle Fire yesterday. Shortly afterwards there was a noticeable groan. The suggested items for his reading pleasure were all quilting books. Ha!

Cheers, K

01-08-2012, 10:33 AM

valleyquiltermo

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To funny CorgiNole, I don't have a kindle yet.

01-08-2012, 10:35 AM

JenelTX

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I love my Kindle! (I don't have a Kindle Fire, just one of the simple models.) So handy for reading before bed. I tried a free sample of a quilting book on it, though, and that didn't work for me at all. I think for reference books such as quilting books, I'm going to stick with hardcover so I can flip to the section I want easily.

By the way, the author I work for has a book available for free right now for the Kindle. As in, zero dollars.

If you love romance novels, search for Only Us by Susan Mallery.

01-08-2012, 10:39 AM

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Funny thing: I have this cover for my Kindle: http://www.lightwedge.com/Shop/Kindl...ver-Size-E-Tan It looks exactly like an old book. I left it on an end table by the sofa all during the holidays and no one picked it up thinking it was just that, an old book. LOL. I love this cover it feels like I'm holding an actual book when I read.

01-08-2012, 11:39 AM

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Reading was my favorite thing till I took up quilting/sewing again. I love my Kindle but may get a Fire soon so I can get online while in the other room. I don't find this laptop as easy as the Kindle Fire would be to move around lol I have a few bookcases that I could empty now for my fabric LOL I still read alot but not as much for sure. My daughter would love for me to do this--she gets $$ for the books. I have the cover w/a light on my Kindle so it's just like a hardcover.

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