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I just want to be outside playing in the dirt and even like washing windows. It is hard to be at the sewing machine. I often think about taking it out on the deck, but then I will need to bring all the other supplies.
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I spend about as much, but it's the time of day I spend quilting that changes. With summer in Florida, I have longer daylight hours so I can sew in the evening. I garden and do "sweating" chores very early in the morning, cool down in the pool, then come in and sew if I'm not running errands.
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Once we start working in the gardens for the summer (shade garden, rose garden, perennial garden, vegetable garden) I don't have much time to quilt. We spend most of the day outside.
That being said, after doing that for the last month, just this week I decided to start on a new quilt. I miss my alone time in the sewing room! |
I average at least 2 hours of quilting everyday. If we go out of town I always take appplique work with me. When we back pack into a river for a couple of days is about the only time I do not work on something. I am one of those who loves to get up very early and I sew until DH who loves to sleep in gets up. Works perfect for us :D
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Summer? What is summer?
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Would if I could figure out how to mount machine to this tractor cutting hay mainly in summer
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Yup, proabbaly even more, because less time dealing with kids and school schedules!
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I hand quilt with a hoop on my lap and I have no A/C so I don't quilt in the summer. Plus I have yard work to do. I do sew/piece blocks in the summer. I probably would if I had a large quilt frame that I could put the whole quilt on. It's just so hot and I hate anything over 75 degrees. I keep saying I'll get an A/C some year but it's been 23 yrs since I bought my house and still no A/C :)
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I quilt all year round.
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Depends on humidity nice evenings love to work in yard hot and humid sew in my wonderfully cool basement and central air conditioned house. Try to find some quilting time all year.
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Hi neighbor! I hope we run into each other. Do you go to kokopelli on thursdays?
Originally Posted by Dawnmarieodya
I quilt year round but I go to a quilt shop every thursday to quilt with other lady's because I know no one else here in town.Just moved here 2010.Hubby has PTSD so hes in the house most of the time.We bought a home with a pool so he could swim.Quiltiny has become my santuarey excause the spelling.We quilt from 10:00am till 5:00pm for $5.oo.I have met quite a few friends.Most are snow birds so dont see them all year.Had our son and family here for 5months so had no time to sew but Praise God they finally bought a home and moved 2weeks ago.3grandsons and a girl.Fight all the time not used to it.Lots of stress.Kept me busy Ill tell ya.I have two larg lap quilts to finish.Then I can make me stuff for house and start Christmas gifts.Yes I said that nauthy word this soon but I have several quilt door kits to make.Wish me luck.
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I mostly quilt in the summer because that's when i'm off from work.
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Originally Posted by LivelyLady
I quilt year round. In the winter months maybe a little more, but I do so enjoy hand work in the summer months sitting in my flower garden or on the porch.
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i have a house built in 1738.. read needs constant work.. around here, we thing the movie "the money pit" is a documentary so we always have at least 1 huge project and a few smaller ones in the summer...
i work 45-50 hrs a week, but i try to keep the gardens moderately weeded..so i will do that for an hour or so most nites when i get home, followed by a shower off in the outdoor shower..dh's favorite addition, and hop in the pool.. then dinner (sandwiches or leftovers most nites) if by then i'm not exhausted, i try to get a little sewing time in... i try to make sure i get at least 1 afternoon a weekend..because otherwise i start out monday feeling like i didn't HAVE a weekend. that makes for a cranky week! |
Although I quilt year round, I'd rather quilt in the summer, when my hands don't get as cold.... Diana O.
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