of course Silly, why not?????
gives me 52 more days to get work done

It's no different than spending time on the computer all day on Sunday. As for me, I quilt on Sundays when I want to. We are not living by the rules of the pharisees and sadducees any longer!!! Keep His day Holy and enjoy stitching!!!

Some churches still believe in a policy of not doing any sort of work on Sunday but its not a custom that's observed much any more. Besides that, quilting isn't work, is it? If it worries you, check with your pastor; he's likely to give you better advice on this one than your mother-in-law.

Gosh, I never heard that one before and I am way past collecting social security age so it must be something said within a certain religion or certain area. But since most of my quilting is for the battered women's center and Project Linus kids in hospitals, I doubt that the dear Lord will penalize me too badly. After all, I am helping him on this earth--utilizing the craft he gifted to me.....quilting.

My Grandma told me the same story. However, Sunday is a day to relax, take a ride, be with the family. It is rare that I sew on Sunday.

Monday-Friday I make quilts for customers. Weekends I spend time with my family and work on quilts for them and myself. I consider Sunday to be part of the weekend.

YES.

I quilt any time I want to. Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest but I have had jobs when we worked 7 days a week 12 hours a day. I worked because I could not afford to lose my job. Quilting is not work, it is relaxing time.

It is a religious thing and your grandmothers understood it.

"It has to do with the need for regeneration and the strengthening of our spiritual being. God knows that left completely to our own devices without regular reminders of our spiritual needs, many would degenerate into the preoccupation of satisfying earthly desires and appetites. This need for physical, mental, and spiritual regeneration is met in large measure by faithful observance of the Sabbath day." found from a talk about the Sabbath from Elder Faust.

Very few people today even attend church or see it as a commandment.
Am I complete Sabbath day observer. No, I am human and have more work to do in this area.
DJC

Let me assure you...it's not in the Bible in that form at all. Seems difficult..how do you take out a stitch with your nose?