I have found a hobby I love.. I have done crochet, needlepoint... to name a few. I still like doing it ocassionally, but, I am hooked on quilts. Not a professional or anywhere near. Don't work as fast as I had. Try to find at least 3 hrs a day. I am making a log cabin for my sister. Thinking it's taking long. I block in 3hrs. Doing it strip. Have to square up as I go along..No matter I love what I am creating

Quilting is my sanity saver and it's much cheaper than therapy or drugs. I've always had a very busy sometimes hectic and stressful life, so I needed something to give me some down time. An added benefit was that it is a good use of my time and has produced some wonderful gifts. I only stitch what I want to make and won't make commissions for anyone. That way I have no restrictions and can share my quilts with those I please. I've been stitching since I was nine and my DD says that when she hears that I no longer want to quilt or sew than it will be time to send me to live in "the Home!"

I learned in the late 80's and am more passionate than ever!! :D:D
So glad I found this board- I've learned a ton!

Yes. I have been quilting for probably 30 years. I call it my therapy. If I don't sew when watching TV at night, I fall asleep. Quilting relaxes me and I enjoy it very very much.
Sue

I have to make myselt stop sewing to clean house. When my hubby is at work and the kids are at school all I can think about is quilting. I do try to fit a few things in between the profects like the laundry. But mostly I just want to sew, shop for fabric or anything else quilting. Once a year when it is time for Houston Quilt Fest. hubby take over the house and I get to go and play to my heart content. I can't wait for November.

Lately, I have been working from pre-dawn to night time at two jobs. The house is a pig sty (that cleaning stuff must have been made up by someone with maid service). The only have way decent room is the "Creativety Zone". I get to the machine sometimes now. If I could get there more often I would. There is something about the sound of fabric being fed through the presser foot and the throat plate that makes me smile.

Been quilting about 40 years and hope to quilt every day for the rest of my life!

Unlike many other crafts which I have turned to over the years for creative expression and outlet quilting feels like a lifetime passion. For example as I helped a friend selects fabrics for two quilts yesterday, I could feel the tensions I was carrying just slide off my shoulders. We both seemed to be totally absorbed by the process, and our shared delight when we found just the right combination of fabrics was nothing short of wonderful. Even as they were being cut our excitement over seeing how it all turns out kept building until we were practically drooling. Now how could we grow tired of this, and this was only one facet of a multi-faceted creative adventure! I believe that we are blessed to have found quilting.

Youbetcha!

Yes, over the years as my skill has grown, I'm finding my way which is usually to design quilts out of my own head. Since I make most of my stuff with recipients in mind, I gear each one personally. When my DH gave me an open toe foot for my machine and I discoverd FMQ, I have really come to love the entire quiltmaking process.

I tell people that 'quilting keeps me sane'! lol, life gets more stressful, I quilt, Life gets calm, I quilt, I miss my kids, I quilt, my kids are around me They make me quilt so they have something to take back to the UK with them! work is awful - I doodle quilt patterns then come home and ..........quilt, weather is bad, I quilt, weather is good, I quilt ............... I could go on but I think you get the pictures!!

I think non-quilters look at the process as just making a pretty bed covering. I believe it is an artistic outlook for many of us us -coordinating colors, patterns and prints in fabric, the design of the layout, deciding what makes it "pop", the design of the quilting. And, the extra joy at the end watching someone enjoy it.

Until I started making this card trick quilt. ha-ha I found out I hate making this pattern. I have 6 squares done and 6 to go and it's a chore to sit in front of the sewing machine.

I have only been "at it" for a few years, but it is the infinite variety of patterns, colors, fabrics that just makes you want to do one "just like that", or do it in green instead of blue, or just make it your own in one way or another and so your list just goes on and on. You live to start the next one.

Yes I love to quilt whither a pattern or designing it. I get lost with it.

I've only been quilting since June of 2010, but I really love it. I'm always stretching my comfort zone to come up with something I've never done before, although I am occasionally asked to do repeats too. It's always fresh & new! Even the pattern repeats with new fabrics & designs!

i have been quilting for three years and i love it. i miss it in the summer but have so much to do outside( i also enjoy all of that ) maybe now i am retired i can manage my time better and squeeze in a few hours a day during summer.

I started quilting 15+ years ago. I still love the feel of the fabric, looking at patterns, but it just does not appeal to me lately. I guess it's because we're going thru a lot of changes lately. MOVING! It puts a lot of stress of a person. I don't mean just packing and unpacking. I need to clean up the house, paint, and remodel. Urrgg..... I hope we could just move already!

Thanks for hearing me out.

After 45 years, you bet quilting inspires me. I can't wait to finish a quilt or to start yet another. Have a pile of ufo's that almost fills my closet. Ok not quite that bad-- grin. Also a pile of finished quilts that I share (along with a friend) through trunk shows for local guilds. I make lots of smaller items, my friend does large quilts. That and we seem to feed off one another. We joke and make it fun.
Have I had dry spells in these years. You bet I have, but I always end up inspired by something I see or read and I am knee deep in fabric again. Keeps me young.
Besides that, most of my friends are quilters, we all share the same need for just one more piece of that pretty floral or that new bright color that just came out.
Also travel with quilting friends, this week will be to Des Moines to the AQS show. Can't wait to see what is there. By sharing the expenses we can all afford to go.

I made my first baby quilt before my son was born 31 years ago and I made my first bed quilt when he was around one year old. I never get tired of planning and making quilts! I do love the design process and buying the fabric more obviously because I have around 15 sets of fabric for quilts! I told my sister yesterday (while we were at the quilt shop and I bought fabric for yet another quilt) that I would absolutely NOT buy any more fabric until I complete most of the quilts that are waiting to be made in my sewing room! Now that I have a quilting machine I will get finished even faster since I'm not spending months hand quilting. If anything...I get even more excited as the years go buy because of the gadgets, rulers and enormous array of fabric choices...not to mention the quilt shows and number of quilt shops, books and magazines! If anything, I find it extremely hard to tone down the excitement and control my urge to want to make everything I see!

I have made panel quilts for about 20 years. But I only learned piecing 6 years ago and absolutely love it. I have quilt books all over the house and fabric keeps popping up everywhere. I moved my sewing machine into my living room so I could sew more often. Total addicted. My DH is such a sweetie, he goes to all the quilt shows with me and helps me pick out fabric. When I finish a quilt and need to pick borders or move the blocks around, he has the best eye for where things should go. Yes, I still absolutely love to quilt. Some things aren't as much fun as others, but the whole process of using and creating something out of this beautiful fabric is fantastic.

28 years and although have some overuse wrist issues, still love it. At peace with doing what I can, when I can for whom I want, yesterday gave a cowboy 3 D quilt to my grandboys and the 3 year old put it right on his rocking horse he named Woody. Pure joy!

My DIL asks me why I am making a certain quilt. I say you make it because you want to and like doing it. Quilting is a passion for some people. I guess I'm one of those people.

Yes! I just can't spend the amount of time I would like doing it. Got a lot of ideas and lists and will never get them all done but love to keep trying!

Gosh, I still love it too!

I really like quilting. I think I am at over 9 years. Yesterday or so I had this fleeting moment of thinking of stopping. I struggle with the actual quilting part. As my children grow so do their quilts. I feel pretty over whelmed tackling calkings and queens or even extra big twins on a regular sewing machine. Can do but the body does not like it. I am not sure if I will keep quilting, people will only get lap quilts, my quilts will be tied, we buy a long arm, hire all quilting out to a LA owner or what but I need to find a solution. I feel I am getting at a turning point.

Oh yeah!! I usually finish a top (got a lot of tops sitting in boxes!) and while I wait for my next inspiration, I hand quilt on the 2 king sized quilts that I've been working on for years (I WILL finish those some day!). I am secure in the knowledge that the "right" project will come along & get me all psyched & creative again. Yesterday, almost 2 months after finishing my last large quilt top, I washed and starched all the fabrics for my next one, made templates and pretty much decided which layout I'll do. Fun, fun, fun! 2 months is a typical length of time for my Rest&Recuperation between projects.

Like most of us, I think, I have some major issues going on in my life all of the time. There's absolutely no sense in complaining, nor feeling sorry for myself; I just get on with it. I am so grateful for the creative side of my life and the tools that I have available to me to make quilts; it just makes me do a happy dance.

I have been quilting since I was 5 years old and I still love it. The designing part is my favorite, binding is my least.

It sure is! When I am in a slump or am short on time doing everything else I need to do, I tell myself that there is just way too much money and time invested in my 2 rooms of sewing that I have to make the time to get down there. Sewing and quilting is something I have known and done for so long I could not imagine not loving it and doing it. I only cringe at the thought what if I don't outlast every last bit of fabric I have. I keep hoping my passion rubs off on my daughter, sons, and/or daughter in laws sometime in the near future.

I find that I don't get excited to quilt as I used to. I don't need quilts, I've given all my friends quilted projects (wall hangings, placemats etc.), done many cherity quilts etc. So now I am concentrating on reducing my stash by teaching young girls the art of quilting. Must pass it on, right?

I made my first quilt over 40 years ago and still love every part of it!!! Quilting has helped me get through some of the bumpy parts of life too,

I've been quilting for about 30 years and am still learning, improving, and lovin' it.

I still love, love it. I go to sleep thinking of color, cloth, and the designs of my next. Quilting makes me very happy and at peace within, and grateful that I can afford to do it.

I made my first quilt top when I was sixteen for a school project. It took me 6 years to get it finished; all hand quilted by me, my grandmothers and anyone else who stopped by to help. From then to about the age of 25 I made a few quilts that today I would be amused to see them. They were thrown together and much more sloppy than I would do today.
Now I am 55. I just finished 3 quilts that my grandmother had started and never got back to. It was an honor for me to do so. And I've reacquired my love of piecing and have begun the age old tradition of making a quilt for each of my grandson's that they will get when they graduate from high school.
So to answer your question...yes I still enjoy it.

QAYG????

Love it and every year it just gets better. I will never be able to complete all the ideas I have.

I adore making quilts even at age 73! Also, because of quiltmaking I have had the privilege of meeting one of my best friends through this board. She is wonderful and has taught me sooo much along the way of the few years I have known her. Someday I will meet her in reality, either here on earth or in heaven.

I only started quilting a year and a half ago, but I love it. I hadn't sewn in nearly 25 yrs. and when I did before it was to make clothes for myself. A trip to Nebraska summer of 2010 turned me on to quilting. Every little town had a fabulous quilt store. I couldn't believe all the great fabrics (I love color and design!) and the cool new tools that weren't around when I sewed before (or at least I didn't know about them - rotary cutters rock!). I have made 2 baby quilts, a bed quilt, table runner and place mats, and other small things so far. Everyone of them has gone to someone I loved. The happiness on their faces makes the whole process so thrilling for me. This past summer I got to go to the AQS show in Knoxville and learn more. I'm going to my first quilting retreat in Oct. and I'm participating in my first block swap. I'm addicted! Maybe someday I'll get around to making a quilt for me and my DH~

oh yes! ive been making quilts for almost 30 years, ill never tire of it!