how does everyone make time to sew/quilt?
05-06-2009, 05:19 AM
#31
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I squeeze it in when I can. More gets done on the weekend. But homeschooling, 4 children, part-time job,... makes it tough. The house certainly isn't neat. There are dust bunnies multiplying under the furniture... But I get the kids to help as much as possible. One of their primary jobs is laundry. They even fold it, not perfectly, but they fold it.
But it gets hard to squeeze it in when life gets in the way...
But it gets hard to squeeze it in when life gets in the way...
05-06-2009, 07:12 AM
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my 5 year old empties the dishwasher. It is great! Seems like it isn't much, but I can't stand to empty it. Then all I have to do is load! He thinks it is fun, so why not. He will windex windows too! Kids at this age have NO clue! I love it!
05-06-2009, 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by MelissaK
my 5 year old empties the dishwasher. It is great! Seems like it isn't much, but I can't stand to empty it. Then all I have to do is load! He thinks it is fun, so why not. He will windex windows too! Kids at this age have NO clue! I love it!
K x
05-06-2009, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
It's hard when you have a young children at home and a full time job. The crock pot was worth gold to me when I was working full time. There are so many recipes online for crockpot dinners it should be no problem to find many your family will like. You need more then one crockpot. One for main course, one for vegetables. I can bake a pie in a crock pot, it's just like an oven. Now the crock pot liners make it NO clean up at all. Use paper plates, cups and plastic utensils. No kitchen clean up. I detest the clean up after a meal and found ways to not have it. That is a big time save during the week.
05-06-2009, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by quiltswithdogs
I sewed little girls clothes, sundresses, pjs until my daughters were out of high school. Then I taught them how to mend and hem for themselves and learned how to quilt, for my own enjoyment. I don't remember how I fit in sewing time without scheduling time, around family needs, housework, and my job. 7 yrs ago Rheumatoid Arthritis was added to my medical problems. I haven't worked in over a year. Now my days are full of medical appts, therapies, long rest periods. Everything takes me longer so it takes days to pay bills, do simple errands, do the household tasks that I can manage... everything. I feel lucky to manage quilting at all so have learned to be very flexible. Some days I cannot do it, other days I last an hour or only 15min. I really love it and my family values my gifts so much it motivates me to do more. I gave my sister a wallhanging for Christmas and before she unfolded it to see the front, she broke out in tears... she never does that. So far, I've always managed to meet deadlines like Christmas or birthday, but now, I'm careful to save myself the worry and only start a quilt project with no deadline or one that is far away. That being said, I've been thinking of trying the Block of the Month club here. It looks like I will be able to finish it late if I had a hard month. That's not allowed in person at quilt shop clubs. Anyway, my recent years have showed me that as long as I quilt at all, every week, a project eventually gets done and can see proof that I actually had accomplished something creative and fun.
edit: I am on one of those fibromyalgia meds, and it ain't helping mine. wonder what else there is, besides, xstrenght Tylenol, three times a day, every day. DD is worried my liver won't last. Well, all I can say, is pain is no way to live, so we do what we gotta do...and I try to go quilt. :D
05-06-2009, 10:03 AM
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I schedule in a project - even if I can only devote an hour per day. My daughter used to take the 2 hour long naps, and, well, I had the time, I had the fabric, and I had the sewing machine, so I got a lot done. Now that she's in school and I'm in school I still have afternoon blocks of time to use to do my sewing while I am shamefully unemployed. I've been finishing up some other painting projects and cleaning out my garage for yard sales these past few months, but now that most of all of that is all done I can sew again while I am home. My house is a mess - but isn't it always?? Since it gets messy and dusty no mater how much I clean or don't clean, I use my time to work on quilts so when I do go back to work I'll have a box full of finished quilts instead of regrets. Don't worry, my tune will change when I go back to work full-time again! But for now, day one hour one, cut the pieces. Day two, start piecing. When I've finished my blocks around day 10 - start cutting the border and settings. Two days later, start putting together the top. I finish a top in about 3 weeks or so, depending on the difficulty, just sewing 1 hour a day. Now, actually QUILTING it, that's a whole different story.
Enn the flower grower
Enn the flower grower
05-06-2009, 10:42 AM
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speaking of crock pots,
have you seen this website--crockpotting for a year??
http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2007...anie-odea.html
I thought it was a great resource.
Rose Hall
have you seen this website--crockpotting for a year??
http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2007...anie-odea.html
I thought it was a great resource.
Rose Hall
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