I am starting on an I Spy for my grandson. And I just realized that when I am making a quilt with no particular design or pattern, I am the happiest. I think it is because I don't have to worry about messing up the pattern.

Maybe when I get better at making quilts with patterns, I will be happy when making those.

Anytime that I have cut precisely and the pieces are going together correctly... even if it is a challenge to get them sewn together (Y seams, tiny pieces, odd shapes, etc...) :D:D:D

I'm very happy while quilting. It's a true passion of mine now. I started about 10 years ago and can't seem to get enough of the learning and trying new technique's. I am happy other times too, but I do love my quilting time.

I hear you... Today I made a couple of those Mug Rugs that everyone seems to be doing these days and I didn't have a pattern so I made my own up using scraps of this and that. It was fun and inspiring and totally enjoyable to me!

Anytime I can pick up fabric with or without an idea in mind...and just loose myself in the process. That makes me so very happy.

I love the hand work. I do a lot of machine piecing, but my favorite times are sitting in my comfy recliner and working on applique or hand quilting, especially with a friend who is also quilting.

when I'm shopping with cash! :XD:

Last night I said to my DH- " I would love to just make quilts all the time for the rest of my life" lol
I love many different things but quilting is in a class by itself :)
I'd have to say hand quilting is my favorite thing but I'm doing it less and less these days. I have too many ideas (unless I can live about 100 more years, then I could probably hand quilt them all ) :mrgreen:

I most love putting the colors together.

I really enjoy piecing and seeing the pattern emerge but my favorite time is when I'm machine quilting. It just relaxes me.

Late in the evening when you know you're not going to be interupted. The Dogs are sleeping, my daughter is watching TV and no man to tell me to come to bed! Yeah I'm single, well seperated for the last 6 years. But thats when I like "going to pieces"! Ha! :P

Anytime I can sit down to sew and the dog is not barking and whining and I don't have to hear "Moommm" or "Honeeey" That's a happy quilting day.

When it's FINISHED. and I get to start again!!!

I am probably the happiest when I am sewing the pieces together and see what I am creating. Always happier when the sewing machie is running like it is suposed to and the stitches are pretty.

I think I'm happiest when cutting fabric. I don't know why because I love the whole process of quilting but I could sit and cut fabric all day.

i just love sitting at my frame quilting. I am currently quilting on a quilt that my aunt made. I can't wait to start on my next one - using diamond shapes that my grandmother cut out before she died back in the 40s.

My happiest moments in quilting are when I've found the perfect fabrics for a new project (whether it's new fabric or from my stash) ... and then later when I'm piecing and seeing it all come together!!

We should start a quilt coop and each do what they love best and pass it on. LOL

I'm a process person like Ronna. I love the process of designing it, finding the fabrics, sewing, and quilting. The only part I'm not so thrilled with is the binding. By that time I just want it FINISHED so I can begin the NEXT ONE!!

I love selecting the fabric, putting different combinations together to see what looks most pleasing to the eye(well, my eye anyway-lol). My other favorite part is when a project is completed, which makes it rather ironic that I am the owner of so many UFO's. But I love to look at a completed project and anticipate the reaction when someone receives it!

Oddly I seem to be happiest when I'm working on something that will take weeks or over a month to finish. I never realized it till I read this post. But when I make something small and it's done so fast, I don't enjoy it as much. I guess want a challenge, and/or deadline, and/or something that will be my project for a while.

I love the designing process, whether I start with the pattern or fabric, I never follow a pattern exactly, I have to make it different. Then the fun hunt (in my stash or LQS) for the perfect fabrics. Don't like the cutting too much. The machine piecing I enjoy as long as I am still working to see how it will look, I kind of get bored at that point. I love all the hand work, applique, quilting, binding. My favorite parts are very worth doing the less favorite parts.

I'm happiest when things are going together well and the design looks good. Unhappy when my well thought out plans and design just look "crappy." :)

I would say that I am "happiest" when I am at my friend Rajean's house quilting and having tea, visiting and playing with the grandkids (I have one son who is 29 and has not blessed me with any myself YET, but I keep hoping they'll be ready soon). On the other hand, I am most "content" sitting in the living room with my DH while he watches football on Sunday, screaming at the TV, and I am hand appliquing. It's what passes for "quality time" in our lives now.

Never thought about it Nadine, but that is true. I like long term projects also, as my closet, storage unit and sewing area will show you. Unfortunately, I am also the queen of UFO's

I love the anticipation of starting a new quilt! I'm happy with the cutting, piecing and quilting, but nothing beats the excitement of starting a new quilt.

Hmmmmmmm. Good question! I really have to give it some thought! I can answer quickly what is my least favorite! :-) Admiring finished quilts is probably the part I like the best! :-)

I wish CJMomma lived by me'! I hate cutting! Being visually impaired have a hard time! Love to see it all come together. Then when it's all done I get to find a home for it as I give my stuff away!

So many elements I enjoy....fabric hunting/buying, choosing a design, watching it grow...row by row. Love handpiecing in the evening and I really enjoy binding.

I really enjoy sewing down the binding by hand, but I love lots of other parts too.

I feel the same way. I think it's because I really get to "know" the long-term projects. And I miss working on them when they're finished. For me, it's like music. I far enjoyed singing in performance choirs which take months of preparation and learning of the music, as opposed to church choir where we'd practice for a week, then reshelve the music.

This, but it's kids in bed and I'm not separated...But I AM an army wife, so my hubby is in and out a lot. lol

I like to take a pattern and change it up.

while shopping for fabric.. I just love fabric:)

me too

When there is something good on tv to listen to while quilting.

My favorite time to quilt is early in the morning, when I can't sleep because my back hurts, or Phoebe (one of my quilt inspectors) seems to think she needs something, or just because I woke up early. It's like stolen time - the neighborhood is quiet, the streets are quiet, and the only noise is the happy hum of my sewing machine.

I love quilting with a friend. We have Starbucks and just stitch away happily.

I wish I could help you out by cutting your fabric's.

Paper piecing small blocks.