don't get me wrong I love the speed of strip piecing, HOWEVER, I used to get really board sewing 50 strips! Until now---I discovered Sirius Satellite Radio--For those of us who grew up in the 50's, having this fun music that you can actually sing along to takes all the boredom out of it. In the last 3 hours I have cut all the strips for a lap quilt and sewn half of the strips together,. Right now I'm listening to Shout, Shout a little louder now---Anyone else remember these?

It's good that you have something to help pep you up. :)

LOL it does make it easier. I use pandoraradio on my smartphone

My favorite thing to do when I have a boring task is to listen to audiobooks. My library subscribes to NetLibrary, so I have an account with them and can download free books and load them on my MP3 player. If I'm listening to a really good mystery/suspense novel, it can even help me work longer at weeding the garden while I wait to find out whodunit!! :-)

I know what you mean. Lately I’ve been listening to music from the 60’s & 70’s in the sewing room. I remember the song shout, great song :-D :thumbup:

Hahaha!! Yes, I am afraid that I do remember the songs of the 50s & 60s!!! I am that generation too. It does help to have fun music on when you are cutting and cutting and cutting...ad infinitum!! :-)

Maybe I should try the music to keep me in the sewing room longer. My husband sleeps in the afternoons because he works nights. So I try to keep the house quiet. Guess I could use his Ipod. But he likes hard rock stuff. Yuk!

I love music when i'm sewing :)

I wish I could play the radio while I'm sewing but I have to share my sewing room with one of my kitties (the anti-social one that has to be by herself in a separate room) and she likes to nap while I sew. So I try not to disturb her too much with my crazy talk while I'm creating.

A few weeks ago I pieced 140 strips together (in pairs) than I cut triangles from the sets. That was even more boring!

I listen to the oldies too.

I have Sirius radio in the car and sometimes I don't want to get out of the car!

I love to listen to music when I sew.

I LOVE the oldie music..but no radio in my sewing room...SO next best thing...OLDIE movies...nothing like some Doris Day, kathryn Hepburn, Debbie REynolds...you name it, I might have it...I have over 300 VHS movies..and about 150 DVD's that are all old classics or just GOOD old movies!

All good ideas. I too listen to audio books, and the radio when working on various aspects of my project.

I do the same and I'm living overseas. Because I have a library card from FL I can download the books and listen as I sew. It's wonderful...

I have had Sirus for about 5 years now and love it, I think we listen to the same station.

If you get something with earphones, you won't disturb Kitty.

I do long arm quilting and there are days that are hard to stay with it so have tried both XM radio and books on tapes. Anything to occupy my mind.

I multi task all the time at work but find I work and sew pretty much with no background noise at all. No music, no audio books. Sometimes the family is with me and we watch TV but mostly I say, "What happened? What did she just say?"
I can't seem to do both with any amount of comprehension.

I rarely stay in my quilting room for more than 30 minutes at a time. Maybe because I don't drink or smoke in there, but perhaps LOUD music would help. I must block out the drone of the TV my husband is watching in the adjacent room.

Suddenly Last Summer - Kathryn Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor?

If I had a radio on I'd probably sew everything up askew. I am so prone to distractions. Maybe because I'm bored? Hmmm. Bring on that James Brown!!!

I can get old radio shows through my Roku. Great fun while doing any work. BTW, thinking of boring tasks, I listened to late night AM stations with 30-40-50s music while stripping wallpaper winter evenings. Didn't have reception in the daytime. :?:

We have Sirius and I love it. Shout is one of my favorites. Hard to sit still when that comes on.

I only have Sirius in the car and listen to 50's & 60's. Love those songs. At home through our TV cable I can get a channel and it's called Malt Shop which plays this era. Sure brings back a lot of memories.

I get alot more done listening to music. Rock and roll really speeds up the old machine.

I have discovered Pandora - it's free and it's on the internet or, what I use, is the internet from my phone(I then plug my phone into speakers). I love to listen to the oldies when I'm sewing. I lose focus when the TV is on.

What is Sirius?

Serious is satellite radio. You have to pay for it.

I use Netflix while I am quilting. I put on shows I want to mostly listen to and will sit back and watch for a short break from time to time.

But I do love my Sirius in the car, I drive a ton and love being able to pick out music I actually like on it. :)

Love soft quiet music ... my kids call it elevator music! Very relaxing to me!

As boring as it may seem, this is the part of quilting that calms me. I like to have complete quiet when I work. Most of the time I just focus on the task and find it very relaxing. Cutting and piecing are my favorite tasks.

As boring as it may seem, this is the part of quilting that calms me. I like to have complete quiet when I work. Most of the time I just focus on the task and find it very relaxing. Cutting and piecing are my favorite tasks.

Oops! Didn't mean to duplicate.

Of course I remember that song - groovy!

My sister has Sirius Satellite Radio in her car. I love it, has an Elvis station, 60's @ 6 p.m. and Classic Vinyl just to name a few.

I listen to the Sirius 5's channel in my truck all the time. My DD is bad about changing and almost getting her head chopped of }:o)

chopped off--old hands don't type well--young ones didn't either

I always turn my computer on for pandora.com - you design your own stations for different types of music - . . and it is free - if you use it excessively - it is $36/year - can't beat that price !

I listen to books on tape. Yesterday I finished up two tops!

I love love love Sirius XM5 but the only time I get to listen to it is when I am driving my DH car. That is the only place we have it so I will have to check out those places mentioned on the internet and TV.

Check out Pandora, its' great too