Is it ever too hot to quilt?
 

Some one told me the other day that it was too hot to quilt. Now, if you were going to be crawled up under the thing, I could see where that might pose a problem if you didn't have air conditioning. But, to just sit down at the sewing machine or sit in a chair with a needle and thread..... I don't see the reasoning. I have been in a slump before and just didn't fell like it. Am I missing something? I could quilt just about any time or any season. How about you guys? What do you think?

Me too. All year round. I have heard someone say it was too hot, but she was hand quilting a queen size.

I usually only find it too hot if I am handsewing the binding while I have the quilt in my lap. Other than that, I'm fine. I usually have the AC and ceiling fans on.

I always have some quilting going regardless.It hit 95f here today. However I do have a/c where many here in tbe northwest do not.

For me, it is too hot in the afternoons. The sewing room has windows on the west side and by afternoon, it is better for me to just close the door to that room and work somewhere else. I cut using the dining room table, so that is ok. I do hand work in the evening while watching TV, so that continues.

It is unbearable warm in my sewing room that has no air conditioning. Quilting is on hold until things cool down. I only venture up there if I have a small sewing project and limit my time. Heat is one of my migraine triggers.

I don't see how it is too hot to quilt if you have AC and want to quilt.

Never to hot for me. I am sidelined right now because of spine surgery 10 days ago and I am already getting antsy.

It is too hot to do anything outside, so why not put the AC to good use quilting....

I'm fortunate: my sewing room (basement) is actually the coolest room in the house in the summer. My windows are to the East - really good light. I'm outside a lot in the summer with flowers and garden but I sew some almost every day. Our quilting church group took a summer break and we each took a project home to do and we'll have "Show and Tell" in the Fall.

Too hot? Only when I am having personal power surges ! (hot flashes) ;);)

I have a/c but am on an on peak, off peak electricity plan. Utility Co call to tell us to limit out electrical use between 12 noon to 6pm. So we cool down the house to 73 degrees and turn off the A/C at 12 then use ocillating fans to stay cool. When it is 108 outside by 3pm it is too hot to quilt. Usually wait to make dinner after 6pm when the a/c is back on and maybe a few hours on the sewing machine that is if I am not on this board..

Never too hot to piece, but FMQ and binding can get warm even with the AC on. Never too hot to quilt because it keeps me out of the sun.

My sewing room does not have air and right now its hitting over a 95 by about 3 and that is just way to hot for me to even sew. All that heat rises its a probably I will need to address that at some point.

As a Canadian I find quilting very seasonal for me. I don't find it too hot too quilt, but I find it too nice outside to quilt. I love to go out, ride my bike, garden, or if I'm feeling crafty I will knit or paint outside on the deck. Quilting for me is typically an indoor wintertime activity or on a summertime rainy day. :)

My house is not air conditioned, and when it gets to about 30C (I think that's about 86F) outside, it's only a few degrees cooler inside and I can piece, but having the iron on is too much. If my house was air conditioned, the outside temperature wouldn't matter and it would never get too hot to quilt.

I sew all year round... and when its too hot outside , I am glad my sewing room is in the basement... its so cool there.

I used to find it hard to quilt in the heat, my hands stuck to the fabrics but now with air conditioning it is lovely to sit and quilt.

Rain or Shine, Hot or Cold.. I sew almost every day. I miss it when I don't .

It can be tooooo hot to hand stitch the binding on, this is a lovely job in winter curled up under the quilt and stitching I front of a log burning fire.

No A/C here (NH) and, yes, it can get too hot to quilt, piece, get dressed, or even think about sitting down at the sewing machine.

When it's hot AND humid, forget it. What fun is it to be sticking to the fabric every time you put your hands on it? And how grungy does that make the finished blocks? Ick! Nope, some things are better left for another day and, luckily for us, those hot sticky spells up here never last very long at all.

I try to skimp on my A/C because of the bill that I know is coming each month so I slow down with my quilting during the summer. I get the afternoon sun bearing down on my bedroom and living room huge patio door where my Bernina is set up. And it is now August with 3 more months of this heat wave.

I love summer so I quilt less in the summer but I still quilt. In winter I sew all the time.

I never consider it too hot for quilting. My home is air conditioned, so I am always cool. I do have less time to quilt when it is hot outside, but only because there is more work to do outside. I love to quilt anytime.

I don't want to do anything when its too hot even quilt

I worked on a binding yesterday but it wasn't on my lap. I have a tendency to get a kink in my neck if I look down to often with things on my lap. I have an old hospital bedside table that I can adjust if I want to watch tv and work on anything. So easy to store, I can raise or lower and takes up little space.

That's how I do my bindings, too, tessagin, except I use my ironing board. Works like a charm doesn't it. :)

We have ac at home so I can quilt anytime. At the cabin if it is too hot outside I turn on a fan and quilt. I had heat stroke 20 years ago so I can't take the heat so I enjoy quilting even when it is hot outside

Yes it sure does! My sewing room is the hottest room of the house during the summer. That coupled with having the iron heating the room, is too much for me to stand in the afternoons. I get all my gardening and housework finished before I sew, and that puts me into the room right at those high temps.

Not as long as there is a/c.

Well, my 11 year old granddaughter who helps make quilts for our TV program was here 2 days, temp was 106 ,YES one-hundred-six, but yesterday it cooled down to 102. We decided yesterday afternoon to go to a local fast food place and sat in the air conditioning and talked through quilt ideas for the program. We were the only ones there for about 3 hours and the staff said they didn't mind and kept insisting we have more soda to drink................no extra charge.

Hope you recoup fast and get back at it!! Maybe some hand work first. Good luck ! I'll pray for a fast healing!

Which TV program? Would it be something we could get here? Sounds interesting! Maybe post a U-tube session? Sounds like fun!!

Yes, it's psychological. It is so hard for me to quilt when it is hot. I can cut and piece fine but quilting is a chore.

It's 108 here....yes, it's too hot to quilt. :) :) Okay, piecing is fine if they're cut out and ready to go. IRONING is my issue...I press every seam, don't do chain piecing.....and by golly, it's too hot. The second reason is because of the heat I'm not sleeping well, so if you'll excuse me, rather than sewing, I'm going to take a nap!

I live in East Contra Costa County and it was 106 last week. That's too hot to do anything! I grew up in Stockton and remember the days before we got A/C and all of the drapes were drawn before noon. I do that in my house now to keep the utility bill down. We also use fans but I have to be careful when I'm laying out pieces. I once lost a great layout for a scrap quilt when I got up from my chair. I didn't realize that I was blocking the pieces from my oscillating fan. It oscillated the heck out of my layout! Now I keep my phone with me and before I get up I take a photo of what I'm working on....just in case!

That is my motto too. I love to quilt and it helps me to relax and unwind from the day's activities

We have live music in our City parks on Saturday night and Monday night. We bring a sandwich and go early to get a decent parking place and I always take hand work along. I get it done and it's a great ice breaker too because people will ask about it.

I live in Ontario Canada near Ottawa. We are cooped in all winter when it is cold so when the weather is warm, I am outside.