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Nolee 03-20-2011 02:16 AM
It is now 6:13 a.m. and I've been awake for an hour and a half figuring out what colors to make my next quilt and what pattern to use. I keep putting fabric concoctions together and there isn't even any fabric in front of or near me? Am I nuts or do I have companions out there? We are going to Georgia in two weeks to visit our daughter and interspersed with this are visions of which fabric to take and what templates to pack!!! What's with THAT????

quilticing 03-20-2011 02:25 AM
The brighter, fuller moon!

wvhill22 03-20-2011 02:35 AM
Im with you. It can be a sickness sometimes. find myself waking up in the middle of the night with quilting going on in my head. I can hear my sewing machine calling me

emerald46 03-20-2011 02:38 AM
I have 2 projects to start and they are all I can think about.

ranger 03-20-2011 03:59 AM
Originally Posted by wvhill22
Im with you. It can be a sickness sometimes. find myself waking up in the middle of the night with quilting going on in my head. I can hear my sewing machine calling me
Ditto!!!

cjomomma 03-20-2011 04:00 AM
That is why I get up a 6:30 every morning. I wake up thinking about quilts. I get most of my work done between 6:30am and 9am.
So NO you are not alone.

Marion Jean 03-20-2011 04:01 AM
Welcome to my world!

redmadder 03-20-2011 04:07 AM
I worry about me when I don't wake up thinking about quilts.

michelehuston 03-20-2011 04:25 AM
We have quiltitis..

Scrap Happy 03-20-2011 04:36 AM
I’ve opened my eyes in the morning with new quilt ideas in mind. Ideas pop into my head throughout the day when I'm not trying to come up with anything. Guess it’s the artist in us quilters :-P

MissM 03-20-2011 04:39 AM
Originally Posted by Nolee
It is now 6:13 a.m. and I've been awake for an hour and a half figuring out what colors to make my next quilt and what pattern to use. I keep putting fabric concoctions together and there isn't even any fabric in front of or near me? Am I nuts or do I have companions out there? We are going to Georgia in two weeks to visit our daughter and interspersed with this are visions of which fabric to take and what templates to pack!!! What's with THAT????
I some times do this, only with me I think it is because I don't get to feed my addiction enough. I work full time and I am up at 5AM off to work, don't get home until 6PM, then by the time supper & dishes are done it is usually 7:30 PM....to tired then to even think about quilting and I am off to bed by 9:30 or 10:00 PM.

So you see weekends are my only time....so by the time the weekend comes I can hardly wait.

grann of 6 03-20-2011 04:42 AM
Originally Posted by Nolee
It is now 6:13 a.m. and I've been awake for an hour and a half figuring out what colors to make my next quilt and what pattern to use. I keep putting fabric concoctions together and there isn't even any fabric in front of or near me? Am I nuts or do I have companions out there? We are going to Georgia in two weeks to visit our daughter and interspersed with this are visions of which fabric to take and what templates to pack!!! What's with THAT????
Well, last night I had it too. Only I was rearranging the back bedroom/guestroom/auxiliary sewing room to make it into a quilting room for the new to me long arm machine I ordered. I was moving furniture everywhere (in my mind). Got up this morning and everything still looks the same. I was even laying there practicing (in my mind) how to use it. I was watching You Tube videos of long arm quilting before I went to sleep. You are not alone...believe me.

feffertim 03-20-2011 05:13 AM
I go to sleep thinking about quilts, dream about them while sleeping and thinking about them when I wake up. You are in good company

ontheriver 03-20-2011 05:27 AM
I come up with some of my best ideas when I'm sleeping.

peggymunday 03-20-2011 06:37 AM
No, you are not alone. I've had dreams about quilting, and sometimes lay in bed before going to sleep and think about future projects or something I'm working on. Same thing for some mornings, after waking but before getting up, about how to organize my shop to get the best use of space. (I'm currently moving it to a bigger room in my house) Sometimes it's consuming, but hey, that's what works out all the bugs before I actually have my hands in it. If I can make it in my mind, I can do it for real...


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