Lori S

I work full time, and try to get a bit of sewing in every day even if its just a 1/2 hour. When I tell my self its just a half hour or the length of a 1/2 show on TV... I find I go at least an hour , because now I got "involved". But there are some days I just know that I need to get to bed and don't start sewing, because the time just goes and it will be late before I get to sleep.

mtteach101

I do most of my sewing while I am on vacation.

Dolphyngyrl

me too usually once to twice a month for a few hours unless I am making a gift

IrishgalfromNJ

I work full time. Some days I sew after working all day and some days I just don't feel like it. If I sew at night I don't force myself to finish something or to hurry because I make a lot of mistakes when I'm tired and I hurry. Recently I moved my sewing room into the living room so I can watch TV while I sew and I seem to get more done now. I love to sew on Saturday and Sunday. Sometimes I sew all weekend long just taking breaks to eat and take the dog out.

Pagzz

I work full time and it is usually a 9 and a half hour day. Most evenings I am too tired to sew. I sew weekends if nothing else conflicts. I hope to do more after I retire.

On weekends I am most productive mid mornings. I need an hour to really wake up then I can get going.

Annie Pearl

I work three twelve hour shift per week. That leaves four days a week I have free except for the usual chores, housework and laundry. I am not a speedy quilter. I am new to quilting and so I find that I have plenty of time during the week to sew. Also, my husband is a workaholic and is on call twentyfour hours per day seven days per week as a fire chief so that also frees up some time for me.

Quiltngolfer

I get to sew a lot now that I am retired. When I was teaching, not so much. Lesson plans and grading papers seem to swallow up all your time. My favorite time to sew is mid morning to late afternoon. Mornings I like to sit on the porch with my husband and read the iPad. I don't sew as much as I thought I would now that I am I retired. Life seems to take over.

Doggramma

I'm retired too and don't sew as much as I thought I would. Sometimes I'll go in there for days at a time trying to finish up something. But sometimes it will be weeks without sewing. I'd like to be more disciplined about it.

GailG

This is so true. For thirty three years I "planned" all I was going to do with my free time. HaHa. The only thing different with working and being retired is, at least when I worked, I had a set routine. As far as sewing goes. I sew every chance I get. For the last eight months I've been working on a chevron quilt and I can finally see the end of the tunnel. But I've done things in between. I do try to work at the machine every week -- sometimes a little bit daily. I do better when I'm cutting and piecing. Basting the sandwich is a real chore for me and lingers.

Sewnoma

It really depends, I kind of go in fits and spurts. It partially depends on if I am working on something that really excites me (or has a deadline) or if I'm just kind of puttering around. I work full time so I don't always sew on work days, but I do sew pretty much every weekend. We don't have kids and my DH is a TV-aholic so when he's glued to the 'boob tube' I usually end up wandering into the sewing room (which is adjacent to his TV room, so it's sort of social, LOL).

I also have sleeping issues and I work very early so some days I'm just too tired after work and nap instead...other times I'll wake up at 2AM on a weekend and sew for around 20 hours straight (minus meal and bathroom breaks) before I feel tired again. So I'm all over the place with my sewing "schedule".