At this time of year as anyone who is married to a hunter knows, it is a wonderful time of "quiet solitude" My DH is a bow hunter so he has been out for weeks now and with the gun season starting next week, the season of my marathon sewing has begun! I have been at my sewing table nonstop and will have all my Christmas projects completed way ahead of time. It is so nice to have the house to myself all day on the week-ends!!!! I can "do my thing" and not worry about breakfast, lunch or dinner. I secretly hope he doesn't get anything because i love the deer but i do respect his right as a hunter. Besides, he totally supports my quilting so it works out for us....he hunts, I shop fabric and quilt!

:)

That's a win-win for sure. Have fun. :lol:

AMEN!!!!!

I love the weekends to myself. My DH is a bowyer. That means he makes his own bows. It usually keeps him out in the shop when he isn't hunting.

It works for us. He makes bows, I make quilts.

My husband decided not to go this year. Messes up my whole schedule.

So cute!
My DH doesn't hunt although all his brothers do. But he never interferes with my sewing. He does his thing, I do mine, and we do things together.
It works :D
Have fun, ladies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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My DH does not hunt but I can relate. He has to travel for work (about a week) two or three times a year. The rest of the months he is generally only gone a couple days at a time. When he first started this job 21 years ago, I absolutely hated it. Now...I love it! He also helps our son on the farm and I always look forward to planting and harvesting when he is out of the house. I love being able to sew and not worry about having to stop and fix meals or do things he thinks I need to be doing. Now, if I could just get my school vacations to coordinate with his travels, I would have all day instead of just the evenings free to sew.

And hear I thought I was the only one that felt that way. My husband loves to hunt and I am so glad. He has been gone two or three day a week since deer season opened. He also gives the deer meat to feed the hungary so I think it is a win win thing all around. I didn't get as much done this time as I have kinda been in funk or something don't want to do anything and jump from one thing to another never get anything completed.. Maybe I will get up and get moving this week.

My DH is not a hunter but he does go on week long canoe trips! How I love those trips! He is very supportive of my habit when home but when he is gone, I don't have to worry about stopping to get meals - sweet!

Ohhhh you gals make me really laugh out loud.

I thought I was the only one who LOVED SEWING at home ALL ALONE!!!

When home alone I can sew without GUILTY feelings.

Oh that is sooooo true!!!!! I love to be by myself while I sew. My DH and DS is going deer hunting soon. They went turkey hunting yesterday and it was fabulous!!

I wish my DH hunted! He use to, then quit, I have tried to talk him into it again, but its not working : (

Yes, my DH hunts, but so do I! lol I did leave the woods early this year to see my daughter who is home from college. She wants to go Xmas shopping :) I can't really get into serious sewing time til after Thanksgiving. Then my DH bow hunts and I have my " big dinner of the year " outa the way..then I have all winter, til garden season starts.

I am also married to a deer hunter. It is a joy to be able to play in my sewing room all alone! I can cut, sew, quilt, or just look at magazines. Take a break and go for my daily walk, and come back and play some more. However, I have been noticing that he is coming in looking around for food, so I guess I had better start cooking more often. BUT come January he is mine and hopefully we can hit the road again. I miss our day trips.

Enjoy you quiet time..maybe something will inspire you to get at it again :lol:

Never feel guilty...you are creating beautiful things :lol:

Indeed - THIS is the most wonderful time of the year!! I lovingly call myself a deer season widow. :)

My DH is a hunter or has been in the past. He likes to go and watch the deer more than hunt them. But he does like to do woodworking. So it's pretty much a win-win for me too!

Do you "shop" for fabric, or do you "hunt" for fabric? :lol: He hunts deer; you hunt fabric!! Sounds like a great deal to me!!! :thumbup:

I tease my DH too that I'm not so sure he is really hunting but rather tree sitting. He just enjoys the outdoors and watching the woods wake up. I'm fine with that.

That little bit of alon time is great. Would not want it all the time though.

My husband is also a hunter. He took some time off around Thanksgiving, but will not be in until dark during the week. I have a 4 days off work starting this Wednesday, and I can't wait to get in that sewing room and get some Christmas projects done :thumbup: :thumbup: I also believe the deer are a beautiful animal and don't understand how he can shoot one, but he puts up with my quilting all year long :) :) so I put up with gun season for a couple of weeks :roll: As long as I don't have to cook or eat it, I am ok with it also

our hunting season started Aug 15 and goes to Jan 1. Yeah for free time.

Venison is on our menu often. Husband has been hunting/fishing since a young man. Now that we are both 'seniors' he only hunts locally so out by 6:00am and back by 10:00am. We have a pact - I don't hunt and he doesn't touch my sewing machine!

I am a Project Linus chapter coordinator and we always have our Fall Make A Blanket Day on the opening day of deer season. The women love it!

I think it must the the young mother's with little kids at home who resent their DH's hunting. They need his help at home with the kids.

Now that both of us are retired, my DH is home a lot more than he used to be--and I miss my time to myself.

My husband doesn't hunt, but he has a job that requires quit a bit of travel. I don't like it so much in the summer because it cuts into our lake time, but in the fall, I love the quiet time so I can get in that sewing room!!

Ditto, mine was gone about a month. Didn't make the bed in all that time. ;-) Finished a couple of UFOs started a new project. What fun. I did miss him though. Happy when he returned.
Darn wolves are eating all the Elk.

My husband didn't get to go this year. The brother he shared a lease with backed out on him and he couldn't afford it alone. I told him he would just have to find somewhere else to go for several weekends then so I could quilt in peace and quiet! He didn't, though. He spent the first weekend moping around the house. Second weekend....I left and went to a quilting retreat! I've got to get some things finished, and I know I'd never get them done with him hanging around the house feeling sorry for himself.

O.K. I'll slink in here, Jane and I have our quilting business together and we have fun listening to recorded stories and sewing away! I used to hunt but why??? I love quilting better and I can make some $$ at it! Oh well, there's always an oddball! I won't tell ya what goes on when nobodies looking! We get each other coffee LOL what were you thinking??----Dave B.

I wish my DH was a hunter, or anything to get him out and away once in awhile!

Know what u mean !!!!!

OMGosh! Husband and wife?? How nice that would be to do something like this together! I would love to get my husband to learn to fix machines....he has tons of excuses why he can't. He only comes to the sewing room to remind me to do something...fix his work pants (he's a carpenter)....fix a meal...say goodnight, etc.! LOL! He's not a hunter, but doesn't have a problem with me going to the upstairs to sew while he goes to the basement to watch TV. We both work so evenings are the only time we relax and do our own thing. Gotta say....it's lonely a lot! Congrats, on your business and joy of togetherness!

My hubbie loves the hunting camp but he cooks for the guys & enjoys hearing them talk about their day. I stay home and sew. I love it.

DH loves the deer camp but I don't so I stay home. He likes to cook at camp too. They have some darn good meals for a deer camp! Prime rib, shrimp, ham, one hunter makes sushi for everyone and the guys eat it up. DH would never order it at a restaurant but will eat every bite at deer camp. I may visit for a day but after a day I'm bored so it's home alone for me. I don't mind at all.

My husband doesn't hunt, but has enough of his own hobbies that we each find our alone time within the house. However, my daughter got married last year and we have a very close relationship. Her husband hunts so as they are adjusting as a newly married couple, we have mother-daughter time when he is away. He gets his time and we get ours!!!

Oh yes, this is a glorious time of year isnt it? My DH has been out since bow season started, back around the first of October here. He is an avid hunter and spends at least 6 hours a day out there sometimes even 10 hours. I have managed to get 5 tops done and enough 9 patches for the # 6, each is a different pattern and theme. I have decided to give everyone in the immediate family throw sized quilts this year for Christmas, that only makes 8 total. Back to the one I have sitting on the machine right now, yes I do machine quilt too many projects to do by hand right now.

But what really messes things up is when---I also hunt--then have to take time off from sewing and then---sew longer when I,m not hunting to get caught back up. But I enjoy both.
LOL--"The family that hunts together stayes together."

Problem is, I hunt too, so the hunting time and quilting time are competing! Rules are that nice weather, I'm outside and if it's raining or snowing, I'm busy sewing. But I have found myself on my hunting spot daydreaming about the quilt pattern...and thinking about that deer while I'm sewing! Really, I'd have time for both if working didn't interfere with my life....but haven't figured out how to get out of it yet.