Time spent quilting.
10-05-2011, 11:42 AM
#82
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 282
Just Husband and I. Depends on what else we've got going on. Last two weekends we have had a daughter & husband, then son & grandson here. That doesn't happen too often because they live out of state. So when we have company we put things on hold, best we can and enjoy them. There are
weeks when I am at the sewing machne like it was a full-time
job,going upstairs after breakfast and only coming down for
lunch until time to fix supper. I do handwork in evenings..
applique, quilting or knitting slippers etc.l I don't sit
at the machine in evenings. On weekends I do sometimes also
do hand work in the livingroom. I'd guess total, probably
at least 40 hrs a week on a pretty regular basis. I retired
at 66 & 1/2 and have been home now over 9 yrs. Thst's how
I make so many quilts!!!
weeks when I am at the sewing machne like it was a full-time
job,going upstairs after breakfast and only coming down for
lunch until time to fix supper. I do handwork in evenings..
applique, quilting or knitting slippers etc.l I don't sit
at the machine in evenings. On weekends I do sometimes also
do hand work in the livingroom. I'd guess total, probably
at least 40 hrs a week on a pretty regular basis. I retired
at 66 & 1/2 and have been home now over 9 yrs. Thst's how
I make so many quilts!!!
10-05-2011, 02:39 PM
#85
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: IL
Posts: 777
Nowhere near enough lately. Between working full time and two new grandsons, a family wedding, etc., it's been hard to get quilting time in. Things should be slowing down now though and hope to increase my time.
10-05-2011, 03:15 PM
#87
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: North Texas
Posts: 927
When the mood strikes! I'm retired and DH is fairly low-maintenance, so sometimes I quilt for hours, then may go days without sitting down to quilt. I do have lots of other interests and feel very blessed to have the time to indulge myself.
10-05-2011, 03:28 PM
#88
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Just move back to Chattanooga, TN.
Posts: 2,022
Work full time, Hour drive home, dinner, need time for hubby, I look forward to the weekend for quilting time. I get maybe 6 to 8 hours in two days and then pick it up when I can during the week.
10-05-2011, 04:35 PM
#89
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Utah
Posts: 1,197
Originally Posted by charismah
Well quilting is my "job". SO I spend quite a bit of time quilting. I am also a full-Time Student at WSU ( GO COUGS!!!), A wife and Mother of 6.
So I actually pay someone to come in and clean my house a couple hours a week as I can't keep up on everything myself.
So I actually pay someone to come in and clean my house a couple hours a week as I can't keep up on everything myself.
10-05-2011, 05:12 PM
#90
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Lincoln CA
Posts: 654
Well I can't say between cleaning & taking care of family. I have a maid and all my children are grown & out of the house! but I can say my time is limited due to working a full time job and rking a full time job for my DH's company! When he is between job sites an dcomes home, I sometimes feel mopey! I want to sew BUT he requires my time for reviewing the company books and outstanding paperwork! I just know that when he leaves I concentrate really hard n cathcing up with my sewing for 2/3 days in a row!
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