starlight

I work fulltime with a 50-60 minute commute. I try to get up early to spend a few minutes on the housework so that if I am not tired when I get home I can spend some time in my sewing room. I try to doing the cooking for the week on Saturday morning and laundry one load a day. Whatever time is left on Saturday is mine to do as I wish, usually something in my sewing room.

weezie

I don't have a job now, but when I did work a 40-hour-week job, I also had more demands at home. Thankfully, I was much younger, had more energy and strength, and could accomplish much more than I am able to do now.

When I worked, I did not make quilts. I made clothes and dolls. I sewed in the evenings when dinner and dishes were done. Then, as now, there was not much on t.v. worth watching and we did not own a home computer back then; I enjoy a good novel and have always found some time to read. When I retired from the work force and no longer needed a spiffy wardrobe for the office, I started making quilts.

The main difference between now & then is that now I often have time to do sewing stuff in the daytime as well as the evening and sometimes into the wee hours of the morning.

thismomquilts

I have been home full time since August - have not done one stitch more of quilting than I did while working pretty much fulltime outside our home. My job just changed to in our home - wife/mom IS a full time job. I do make sure to set aside time almost every day - at least once a week I do some kind of sewing/quilting. I just was hired to do some substitute teaching so I'll be busy with that - maybe now I will make sure I get the sewing/quilting time even more now :)

sylvia77

I'm a stay at home mom and I sew all day long if I feel like it. Back when I worked full time, I juggled two small children, 3 horses and I sewed 'til midnight. I never let it slow me down! Though now I don't think I could do what I use to do when I was younger.

quilt_happy

I work 50 hour work weeks during the summer with a 5 minute commute time. I get the troops fed and tell them to do dishes, then I sneak off to my sewing area. I usually wait until I have a little bit of energy back. I don't get more than a half hour of quilting done after supper, because I might fall asleep sewing.

quilt_happy

I work 50 hour work weeks during the summer with a 5 minute commute time. I get the troops fed and tell them to do dishes, then I sneak off to my sewing area. I usually wait until I have a little bit of energy back. I don't get more than a half hour of quilting done after supper, because I might fall asleep sewing. Here's what I'm working on now.

Lockeb

I Work full time - since I moved in October I am only about 15 minutes drive from work - before it was about an hour each way.....I sew mostly on the weekend - although I did a small project when I got back this evening.....(I was inspired).. :-)
This apartment is temporary and another move will be in the works eventually - all of my things (90%) are still on storage pending that move...but, I have my necessary items with me - my machine, fabrics and notions...so I'm happy :-)

qofscrap

i am a hospice nurse and my days are full but i have decided that i deserve some time so after dinner for maybe an hour i sew or cut or look thru magazines to find my dream project i do not get alot done at one sittig but it adds up pretty well and the family calls it moms time out they know i will be nicer if i have some me time..i do have a sewing/craft room so i can leave the mess .. i start my day by getting up an hour early having some prayer time then i go on the computer to see what all of you have done great way to start my day.

978gray

I work about 50 hours a week. I sew about one hour a night. I just go up stairs after dinner and use it as my form of relaxation.

That makes it hard to tackle anything big, but I like to do the Doll Swaps. I try new techniques each month and it is a small enough to do without felling overwhelmed.

I wish I had more time to quilt too!!!

zkosh

I teach high school full time as well as the extra duties that go with that. Since I now get up at 5-5:15, there is no way I could sew in the morning. I've never been good at sewing before work anyway. At the end of the day I usually crash for a while before supper, maybe looking at a quilt magazine. Then I am often here on the board or working on tests or plans for school.

Some evenings I can sew a couple of blocks, but I quit cutting out when I am tired because I always make mistakes then. I might plan or lay something out, but the actual cutting has to wait until I am fresh. In short, I am pretty slow in getting something finished unless there is a deadline such as a baby gift. I am amazed at how much some people get done, but I guess I have gone through periods like that, I'm just not in that period right now!

I love any time spent at my machine, though. My DH is very helpful and suportive of all I do so I am very blessed. Weekends, breaks, and summers find me spending more time at our addictive hobby.