I am feeling a little overwhelmed with work and life right now and find that even if I put a few stitches in something, I feel so much better. How much time do you spend quilting in a day?

1-8 hrs ( however, i am retired)

1-8 I am retired also.

Not sure how many hours that I spend with quilting in a day, but I will say......I quilt whenever I can. I have an applique quilt going at all times. When I'm drinking my coffee in the mornings, watching the Today show, I'm stitching.

At the machine 1/2-1 hr at I can't sit long at it. But hand piece or cutting or pinning 2-3 hrs at night! If I don't have time tho even a few minutes feels good!

With me it's closer to 1-8 hours a WEEK. Sometimes I'll go a few weeks without doing anything at all in my sewing room.

I am: a business owner, separate full time job, wife, home owner, gardener (1/2 acre of beds + greenhouse), breeder/exhibitor of Champion dogs, writer (regular columnist), and lecturer (4-6 x per year).

I also have a hard time sitting still - high energy type (which is the reason my ironing board is on the opposite end of the room from my sewing machine!). I have to be busy.

8 hours of sewing in the same week would be a LOT for me. If I have a deadline though, I'll put in whatever hours it takes to finish it on time.

not enough!

Not nearly enough, I hoped I'd get more time when my daughter started school but my son (4) has been a handful because he misses his playmate. I'm hoping we find our rhythm soon.

Also retired 3-6 hrs depending on season and weather...

Nice weather 3 hrs 9am-noon
Ugly weather 6 hrs 9am-3pm

5 days a wk, take wkends off

I am retired, I always have plans when I get up in the am, I will do some after breakfast, but, I am here on the board instead. I do a little bit here and there. Usually finish a 10 " strip log cabin block in 2 to 3 hours off and on

I am in my sewing room every day. I am semi-retired and i am trying to make a few bucks with my quilting to offset my fabric addiction. So i am in there 6-8 hours a day and i love it.

i do hand work during the day at work when i can- and sew (either quilting or piecing) when i get home from work until time to fix dinner (so- if dinner is a quicky i can sew longer than if it's an involved meal)
then after cleaning up the kitchen after dinner i go back in and sew until bedtime- unless there's a baseball game on i want to watch- then i sit on the couch and work on hand projects again.
so- when i'm not working- eating or sleeping- i am sewing/quilting. on the weekends i sometimes get 6-8 hours a day in...sometimes too much life is going on and i don't get to sew at all.

Depends on the day and my mood. Some days I quilt several hours but will go a couple weeks at a time without touching my machines. I do usually feel better and more productive when I go in my sewing room and do something.

I am retired on DI because of a rare autoimmune disease. I probably average over a weeks time at least 3 hours a day sewing or quilting. That includes handwork while watching TV and the 1 1/2 hours a week I spend handquilting at our local Senior Center. I make about 20 simple childrens quilts for the Linus Project a month. I have someone who comes in every three weeks and does my heavy cleaning. I only have to do laundry for my husband and I. We eat out friday night and all day saturday and sunday so I only cook 4 nights a week. I manage to read three or four novels a week and have joined Curves where I try and workout 30 minutes three times a week. My children and grandchildren live at least an hour away in several different directions so we don't see a lot of them. I manage to have lunch with some of my quilting friends at least every other week. I belong to two guilds which meet once a month. I am fortuneate to be able to call myself a Domestic Goddess.

6 hours a day 5 days a week

i do it for a living so i treat it just as i would a full time job.

Each day is different! Sometimes a few minutes to as long as a whole day. Quilting is an adventure for me and such an important way to relax and expand. Interesting reading every ones comments, so thank you for starting the topic.

Same here.

as much time as I can get away with! DH fusses if I am in the sewing room too much, so I do have to take breaks and come and sit with him in the living room. DH is disabled and I am not working so I do have lots of time (on a good day where there aren't errands or housecleaning to get done) to work on my quilting projects. Am working on a bargello now....4 rows done, 60 to go!

As much as I can! But somedays, none at all and others, all day {off and on}. And I hear you when you say that you "feel so much better" when you get to sew a little. When I go into my sewing room and create and sew, I just {forget about life and all the stuff} and just relax and totally enjoy myself.

NOT ENOUGH to make me happy.

Never enough!!!! Try to do at least a few minutes every day and some days alot more. It is hard with a full time job and as I have gotten older the energy level is not there when I get home. But if I make my self walk in my sewing room all is well with the world and before long I basking in fun.

I'm retired and can only seem to get in 30 to 90 minutes a day. So much other fun stuff to do!!!

Same as you PS Stitcher - if I get to go upstairs and pilfer through my stash, look through a pattern book or 2 and wind some bobbins, I'm happy. Normally, I am just a weekend quilter and I envy those who can finish a quilt in just a couple of days.

Not enough. I keep telling DH that he should get a second job, hire me a nanny and a housekeeper, and for me to go on a sabbatical for a year so I can fully explore my sewing talents....

As a working Mother I'm thrilled if I can get an hour or two of project time in the evening. It's actually gotten harder to do as the boys have gotten older because they don't go to bed at 7pm anymore! I miss those days. I could get all my "other stuff" done by 8pm and sew until 10pm. Now, I'm lucky if I get into MomCave before 9pm!

1-5 hrs

maybe an hour a week on a good week. I work full time and with my toddler there just isn't time

When I worked (I am retired now) I spent at least 15 min every day - sometimes 2 or 3 15 min increments. Now that I am retired I quilt anywhere from 4-8

Not enough!!

For me it depends on the weather (sometimes, not always though)
On a nice day I love working outside . But I get cranky if I don't sew something each day. I always have a hand quilting project for times that I just want to chill out.
I use my machines almost every single day, sometimes all day, sometimes just a bit :D
It's all good!!

Not enough. Disorganization is in the way but I'm working on getting rid of the 'Dis'.

Ditto

Same here and I enjoy every minute of it!!!!

As little or as much as I want to.

I'm retired so in my sewing room every day. It might be sewing, cutting out a new quilt, ironing scraps, folding fabric, etc.

I will say 5 hours a day. If I didn't spend time here I would probably add 2 more, but I also dream quilting - does that count? I do stop to walk Murphy, and cook breakfast and dinner and walk Murphy a night as well. Once in awhile I will break down and clean.

During weekdays, not so much, maybe half an hour a day? In the weekend, depending on my plans, a couple of hours. But then there are times when I don't quilt at all (too busy) and there are times where I quilt all day (vacation anyone?). So really, it all depends.

Since the begining of this year I haven't been able to do much sewing do to an injury to my sholder. It has healed and now can do quilting again but now I have to find a full time job and get back into the working world once again. Will have to do my quilting in the evenings and weekends once again.

I go in spurts. Sometimes I will be in the sewing room after I get home each day for 2 weeks. Then after I finish a quilt I take 1-2 weeks off, then start all over again.

Although I'm trying to get my Christmas presents started now. Here's hoping I get them done by Christmas!! :)

Usually I spend a couple hours per week but right now I'm spending roughly two hours per night. I'm excited to get this top going! I'm a homemaker so my schedule is flexible enough that I can do this... I am so blessed!