I turn on the computer and put in a Jane Austen movie mostly. Sometimes Momma Mia.

Talk back radio or just revel in the sound of silence.

Either contemporary Christian or just enjoy the sound of silence.

Sometimes listen to my iPod--like a little time machine going from junior high up to the present! Since I got an iPhone I've been listening to some vintage radio (Our Miss Brooks, Burns & Allen, etc.), and I'm hooked on This American Life. Pandora radio is always good, too.

I usually have some bad reality show on through Hulu. Enough for background noise, but bad enough that I don't stop sewing to listen.

Don't be embarrassed I am right there with ya girl......hehehehe

What is Audible? I listen to books on tape.Mostly murder mysteries.

I love to listen to audio books from the library. They sell audiobooks, both tape and cd for 50 cents and I grab all I can get ahold of, except devil worship type stuff! Am listening to one now called "Coal Run" - takes place in the coal mine area in Pennsylvania. The coal mine's name is Gertie. Who can go wrong with a book with a coal mine in it named Gertie. Except Gertie blows her gasket! The newer the book, the more profane words you find in them. So when I hear those words it makes the sewing machine jump a little!!!!!!!

Oh well, I am heading back to "Coal Run" right now and get a block put together. And then I am heading off to Harbor Freight!!!!!! Edie

B.B.C. Radio 4. I download stuff onto my ipod. The Archers, Womans Hour, Farming Today, Money Box, Gardeners Question Time. :)

I listen to the quiet and the hum of my sewing machine. It's so peaceful.

I listen to old country and gospel

when I sew in the afternoon I listen to Dr. Laura. OMG some people and their problems. What a hoot! And sometimes I listen to oldies 50's and 60's.

I love to listen to old TCM movies. I know most of them so well that I don't have to look at the pics. Also have tapes of some of my favorite musical shows. Cats, Mame etc.

Yes, I sing along. Only way to get the cat out of my sewing room. giggle

Actually nothing. I enjoy the quietness.

Thank you for the webpage, I too listen to old time country western music, but more often than not its SG-1. A SYFI series, loved that show. Have almost all the seasons, and have about wore them out. I like to watch John Wayne movies, have quite a collection. Thats what I do, something has to be on tho, my thoughts aren't worth listening to lol.

Rita

Music or television, just something to block out everything else.

I listen to either oldies or instrumental music on my iPod. My kids got me a Bose system for my birthday that the iPod sits in and I can only hope to quilt worthy of the beautiful sound.

I listen to oldies on the radio. I still love 60's music.

I usually listen to thrillers on CD's. If I'm needing something soothing, I put on my CD's of nice soft piano music. I have a TV in my sewing/guest room but I rarely put it on while I'm sewing. If I need to concentrate, like calculations or coming up with an original design, I need quiet.

I like KDFC.com, it is a great classical music station in San Francisco. I also like books on tape from the library. My favorites are any by the authors, Elizabeth Peters or Ariana Franklin. I also love Mama Mia, the Dixie Chicks, Trisha Yearwood, Irish women singers, Yo Yo Ma, Nigel Kennedy, etc. I have a difficult time working in silence because I have what is called by zen meditators, "a chattering monkey mind," I have a hard time shutting off all the random thoughts. :>)

I like to listen to the radio 60's music or the birds singing outside.

I haveCD's of Broadway shows that I listen to when I'm sewing binding on a quilt it does make the time go by

Classical music playing from Pandora.com Especially when I am trying to design something. It seems to relax my brain and let creativity come out. Mostly Mozart.

since i only get one channel on my tv-PBS, for the quilting shows-if i'm not watching a DVD, i will have my computer on Netflix or Hulu. gotta have some distraction and noise unless i'm trying to really figure out something-then i need silence. i watch mostly tv programs that i never saw before like 21 jump street or catch up on the shows i just missed like White Collar and Covert Affairs. i can feel productive and be entertained.

I listen to Country, 80's or Classic Rock and blare it in the house. The hubby works late so it's me the dogs and the sewing machine.

I never really thought about it, I guess I listen to myself talk to my sewing machine, or myself.....I dont have a radio in my sewing room, but I am near the patio door, so probably I am listening to the sounds of the birds.

sugarland,lady antebellum,taylor swift,little big town,etc

Bubblegum oldies on Pandora.com

I looove Pandora for whatever I'm in the mood for!

Ok I looked up Audible. Nice . But I think I will stick to the Free library.:-)

Now I love free, but I guess my library is on the small side. After discovering audiobooks, it only took me a couple of years to go through everything I would want to listen to, and believe me I stretched it! (Glad I did, discovered some authors I'd never heard of!) So, Audible is what I do now, too.

The one big advantage to living in a large county is the library. I can order books or anything from any library in the system. If I had to depend on just my small local library I would have gone through those in less than a year.
The library people know me by name, my daughter and granddaughter and I made a quilt for one of the girls that had a baby.
I go there A LOT. :-)

We have sirius satellite radio. If no one is home I listen to Classic Country , 50's, 60's, 70's. Hank William, Dottie West, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Eddy Arnold, the list goes on and on. People say "oh, all the songs are so sad" but it's great music and it makes me happy and want to dance.

I listen to audio books from the library. Not only can I check out cassette and CD books, my local library has free downloads through overdrive media.

Does anyone know any good links to free audiobooks? i'd like to listen to them while sewing.

I also TiVo quilting shows such as the Fons and Porter one, Sewing with Nancy, and a couple of others. I then play them back when I'm in my sewing room.

The TV is on 18 out of 24 hours a day! Most of the time my back is to it so I do more listening than watching.

Aha! I found a wonderful site with a lot of great audiobooks! Here it is:

http://www.openculture.com/audio_books_fiction

I usually have something going, either the radio (NPR) or TV. After I really get into sewing I usually am not really listening, it has the advantage of being able to listen to the reruns over and over.

I always have audio books that I get from the library. They're usually mysteries, but sometimes sagas and romance. I also listen to some of my favorite Christian speakers like Bill Johnson (from Redding, CA) and Kay Arthur, by way of the internet.