how does everyone make time to sew/quilt?
05-01-2009, 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Loretta
One thing I have tried to do is to give up tv time- or at least a lot of it. It seems to be a better thing for me to be in sewing room listening to a book on tape and quilting, rather than vegging out on tv. I feel so much better when I do that.
I agree with you. I have 3 shows I watch each week otherwise, I listen to my ipod and sew. More relaxing and helps release the stresses of the work day. :lol:
05-01-2009, 06:18 AM
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i, too, work fulltime and am oncall while at home - usually those things can just be taken care of via the phone or internet. i homeschool our two boys and am responsible for our meals -everyone pitches in on the rest of the stuff - laundry, sweeping, dusting, dishes!! thank goodness for that!! my husband would love a perfect house but is happy with a lived in one!! :D i usually sew about 1 hour when i get home from work - i have very strange hours and can sew before dh gets home each day - usually. i watch tv just on tuesday and wednesday after church - favorite shows, you know!! :wink: the othe nights i sew. every other saturday dh takes ds's out to do a work project leaving me with the morning at least to sew- afternoons is family time. we take long weekends about four to five times a year and i make sure i have plenty of handwork to do as i sit and do nothing at the cabin!! love it!! little bits of time here and there and lots of sewing is accomplished. didn't always have this much time to sew, but am thoroughly enjoying it now. when i had less time i just did a stitch here and there - it just took longer to finish!! as someone else said, enjoy what you DO get done and don't worry about speed or how much doesn't get done.
05-01-2009, 06:18 AM
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In my previous house, I had a TV in my sewing room. Killed 2 birds that way. In the new house I won't have the space for a TV, since the new quilt frame takes up most of the room. I guess, I could mount a flat screen on the wall. :) But that would lessen my quilting funds. :cry:
05-01-2009, 06:20 AM
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Just recently I added hand piecing to my methods list. The hand piecing is strictly a TV pastime for me. This winter I went through a spell that the sewing machine noise was unbearable and I didn't feel like doing cross stitch or knitting. In answer to the original question, while working I had to write quilting into my time schedule just like anything else that had to happen.
05-01-2009, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by collettakay
I'm fornutate that I don't have to work outside the home at this point. (Who knows about the future?) I have a 7 soon to be 8yr old in 3rd grade and a 2 year old. During the day its usually just me and the LO. Naptime, Barney and Sesame Street are great for sewing time.
She loves to "help" me clean but its usually get messed up 5 minutes later so I make myself not obsess about the housework. I keep a calendar to keep myself on track with appts and "chores" I usually set Monday's and Tuesday to clean. I break the house into 2 halves so that I don't have so much pressure in one day. Wednesday are projects day where I work on my quilting/sewing/etc. projects. Thursday are groceries, errands and Friday's are bills and straightening up the house and sometimes an afternoon of reading (during nap). All done with my "helper"
Add onto the main stuff: Girls Scouts, Softball, PTO, Church events (at least 2-3 evenings a week), onine time, quilt guild and a few committees I'm on.
I talked to my mom about a grandma/granddaughter one afternoon a week just so I can actually have some alone time. DH took both girls to with him to my oldest's softball practice the other night and I had 1.5 hours of alone time. I can't remember the last time that happened. That's what gave me the afternoon at grandma's idea.
I can sympathize with all you ladies that have to work 40-50 hrs at a job then come home and take care of everything there also. Been there, done that and don't think could handle it again. I pray I don't have to at least until the LO is in school.
She loves to "help" me clean but its usually get messed up 5 minutes later so I make myself not obsess about the housework. I keep a calendar to keep myself on track with appts and "chores" I usually set Monday's and Tuesday to clean. I break the house into 2 halves so that I don't have so much pressure in one day. Wednesday are projects day where I work on my quilting/sewing/etc. projects. Thursday are groceries, errands and Friday's are bills and straightening up the house and sometimes an afternoon of reading (during nap). All done with my "helper"
Add onto the main stuff: Girls Scouts, Softball, PTO, Church events (at least 2-3 evenings a week), onine time, quilt guild and a few committees I'm on.
I talked to my mom about a grandma/granddaughter one afternoon a week just so I can actually have some alone time. DH took both girls to with him to my oldest's softball practice the other night and I had 1.5 hours of alone time. I can't remember the last time that happened. That's what gave me the afternoon at grandma's idea.
I can sympathize with all you ladies that have to work 40-50 hrs at a job then come home and take care of everything there also. Been there, done that and don't think could handle it again. I pray I don't have to at least until the LO is in school.
the housework doesn't wander away, take time for YOU! you will be a better mother, wife, daughter, and sister for it!
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05-03-2009, 04:59 AM
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well, ladies i've enjoyed reading all your posts, and yall are just so busy it made me tired to read it. and i remember when i was like yall described, so busy with kids, grandkids etc but hang in there, everything will change for you some day as it did me. my kids grew up, grandkids grew up, husband died, even 2 great grandsons outgrew coming to stay with Gigi. I'm a barber so i work 4 days a week just because i want to, i have a room built onto my house just off my kitchen so i made my kitchen into a sewing room, funny huh? i dust my kitchen stove once a week or so. and if a customer comes in the shop, my dog barks to alert me. I sew in between haircuts or any other time i take a notion. ALL my time is MINE. I do whatever I want whenever I want and spend my money how I want. I cherish the good ole days but we all have to learn how to roll with the punches that life deals us. I also cherish this quilting board and all you wonderful ladies. There's a local quilt shop where I hang out a lot, wonderful people there in the quilting world I have grown to love. Lots of single old ladies I run around with. You can actually survive on hamburgers, pizza, and pot pies. I'm 72 now and still enjoying life - only in a different way than when i was young. so hang in there all you younger ladies with busy busy lives, it will all change someday.
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05-06-2009, 04:33 AM
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I don't work outside my home but I have difficulties finding time to quilt. My problem is working around my fibromyalgia. I have days when I can barely get out of bed much less do housework and cooking for my husband and I. On those days sewing and quilting is the farthest thing from my mind. I have to focus on putting one foot in front of the other and getting though the day. I do try to keep small projects to work on by my chair. I also take small projects with me in the car when we travel.
05-06-2009, 04:44 AM
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Originally Posted by scrappylouisa
I don't work outside my home but I have difficulties finding time to quilt. My problem is working around my fibromyalgia. I have days when I can barely get out of bed much less do housework and cooking for my husband and I. On those days sewing and quilting is the farthest thing from my mind. I have to focus on putting one foot in front of the other and getting though the day. I do try to keep small projects to work on by my chair. I also take small projects with me in the car when we travel.
Rose Hall
05-06-2009, 04:48 AM
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Originally Posted by tlrnhi
How do I make time?
Hmmm......I ship hubby to sea, send the kiddo to work, then I have the entire house to myself. If the cats get in the way, I feed them cat nip so they'll just veg for the rest of the day. :) :)
Hmmm......I ship hubby to sea, send the kiddo to work, then I have the entire house to myself. If the cats get in the way, I feed them cat nip so they'll just veg for the rest of the day. :) :)
Wonder if cat nip would work on my kids?!
I'm lucky I don't work so I fit sewing in around the kids, Hans and the garden - housework is the bottom of the list - clean clothes and good food, that's about my lot!
K x
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