Originally Posted by
Crispy_Frog
I'd like to direct this post to quilters who are lucky enough to be retired now. I've been hoarding fabric and patterns and kits, waiting for the day I have time to quilt. Tell me the truth on the subject:
1. Can you keep your sewing area clean and organized after you retire?
2. Can you put together Large blocks of time to quilt?
3. Do you actually use up your stash and happily keep from spending retirement funds?
4. Or, does your stash bore you and you keep right on shopping?
5. Are the floor-to-ceiling stacks of magazines being utilized like you intended?
6. Are you able to take the classes, or go to the Sit and Sews like you planned?
I'm getting ready to retire in 6 months and I'm always too tired at the end of the day to quilt. I am distracted at work daydreaming about staying at home with some music on and just humming along while I sew. Looking out the window past the sewing machine at the birds in the bird feeder and the butterflies in the garden. (All of which need to be planned and assembled!)
Tell the truth--- is it possible for my dreams to come true?
I have been retired for several years....until this past June, I spent most of my time on my hobbies, which include sewing/quilting. For the past year, I could feel less and less interest in spending so much time on them, and began volunteering at the local animal shelter. Now time is much more limited and what sewing I do is making pet beds for the shelter animals. I have found a lot of balance doing this.
I use my stash to make the pet beds (sometimes called crate comforters).