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Originally Posted by MadQuilter
"Giving up" implies that the quilting replaced something else that was equally enjoyable. The things mentioned are simply "supposed necessities" so "giving up" exercise is not so much a hardship for me. lol
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Quillting has been my salvation lately. I have been having such bad back problems, I can hardly stand or walk. But I can sit at my machine with no difficulty. Without quilting, I would probably just be playing computer games or watching TV. I retired a few years ago, and my kids don't live near, so I have alot of time on my hands. Hubby is into fishing, racquetball, golf and watching sports on TV. Quilting allows me an outlet to keep busy when he is either gone or watching his sports (and I mean ANY sport that is on). I just retire into my sewing room and I am as happy as a bug in a rug.
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Originally Posted by stitchinwitch
I have given up boredom, depression, free time.
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A tidy house that local gossips spread word about...now I have a cluttered, untidy house that local gossips spread word about...
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I gave up a lot of things:
Guilt: at not having a clean house, done dishes, and a career. Anger: at being disabled, went 'poof' when I started being creative again. Frustration: at not being 'perfect' at sewing or any daily task. Perfection is up to God, and frankly, I'm not Heaven Material yet. ;) Depression: Just the joy in creating something helps, even if its just a mess! |
I seem to be getting less and less sleep. Either that or my clocks are all malfunctioning. Just sign me "old baggy eyes" hee hee hee
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My exercise program has fallen off lately, but I don't blame that on quilting, so I really haven't given up anything. It was a trade-off: when I quit being a "working girl" at the end of 1994, I quit making clothes for myself. I cut my doll making down about 90% about that same time and I gave up smoking cigarettes shortly thereafter.
About 5 years ago, when I first got my embroidery machine & my own computer, I spent a HUGE amount of time on-line learning everything I could about machine embroidery, downloading info. & programs, and downloading & converting free designs. I don't do that anymore either. All this leaves me with plenty of time for all aspects of quilting, plus time for reading and occasional t.v. watching. My house stays reasonably clean/neat, my chores get done, and we are homebodies. Summer is so roaring hot that I do not work outside except to pick fruit & veg., but come cool weather, I'll be back working outside quite a bit. |
ksea congradulations,good for you.
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It always amazes me when people who don't care for a specific hobby or pasttime finds a way to belittle those who do enjoy it! In reality, the money we spend on fabric and etc. would be going other places for something else if we didn't spend it on fabric. And in return for our hobby, we get a lasting treasure to either enjoy or give away. Much of other pasttimes result in zero to show for it. As for exercise, the average person walks several miles a day just doing routine things. Because we quilt doesn't mean we are total couch potatos. Geeze!
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Originally Posted by weezie
My exercise program has fallen off lately, but I don't blame that on quilting, so I really haven't given up anything. It was a trade-off: when I quit being a "working girl" at the end of 1994, I quit making clothes for myself. I cut my doll making down about 90% about that same time and I gave up smoking cigarettes shortly thereafter.
About 5 years ago, when I first got my embroidery machine & my own computer, I spent a HUGE amount of time on-line learning everything I could about machine embroidery, downloading info. & programs, and downloading & converting free designs. I don't do that anymore either.Except for the smoking, I never did that. but I had to quilt working on farms due to osteo-arthritis and went on the pension in 1997.I have only had the computer for 11/2 years and have learned a lot and have done a lot of photocopying patterns for that (One day I will so them) day. My embroidery computer died 2 years ago and I am getting a second hand one at Christmas from MD-MIL.And I will hopefully do more embroidery quilts or at least do different blocks so one dayput them together for that special quilt for ME. All this leaves me with plenty of time for all aspects of quilting, plus time for reading and occasional t.v. watching. My house stays reasonably clean/neat, my chores get done, and we are homebodies. Summer is so roaring hot that I do not work outside except to pick fruit & veg., but come cool weather, I'll be back working outside quite a bit. |
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