Getting back on track . . .
#13
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,933
I also teach school, and by the time I get home I am much too tired to sew. I used to try, but when I'm tired I make lots of mistakes, then have to spend time "reverse sewing", so found it's better to read the board and work in time on the weekends. I am looking forward to summer vacation, 1 more year of teaching, then permanent vacation and not so many worries about finding time to quilt.
#15
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Maine-ly Florida
Posts: 3,926
Yes. I teach as well. This coming summer should be my first without any coursework or other commitments for quite some time. I am really, really looking forward to it! I have been able to finish a few small UFOs lately and surprise, I really am not finishing-phobic after all, it's all been a matter of finding the time to relax and enjoy the process.
#16
I work a 40 hour a week job and have 3 kids under 9, one of them with disabilities. I only have 2 days off a week and I try to dedicate some of them to stitching. Because one of my sons is very "time" oriented, we have scheduled my stitching time into our activity schedule. I can take anywhere from 4-6 hours a day, with breaks, to stitch the 2 days I have off. I can get a lot done, at first it was very robotic and I had to come up with things to do to fill my sewing time, but within a couple weeks I was used to it and I can get a TON done. With that schedule, I cranked out 14 quilts last year.
That's just machine time. During the week, after the boys are in bed, I hand quilt in front of the tv, or do some type of handwork, for an hour or two to relax before I go to bed.
That's just machine time. During the week, after the boys are in bed, I hand quilt in front of the tv, or do some type of handwork, for an hour or two to relax before I go to bed.
#18
Originally Posted by BellaBoo
Since I don't work anymore I have lots of quilt time. I remember the days when all I had time to do was work, sleep and eat. I don't miss them at all.
donna
#19
I thought when I retired I would have plenty of time for quilting. Wrong!!! I take care of my 15 month old grandson during the day while my son and DIL teach. By the time he leaves in the afternoon I am exhausted. I love the precious time I have with him however it is a full time job. During the summer I try to visit my other grandson in KY. On the weekend I try to squeeze in time.
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