QuiltingKrazy

I visualize hand quilting in my mind when I can't sleep. I guess it is kinda like counting sheep. I just just the needle going down and up, down and up.... next thing I know I'm counting zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

quiltsRfun

Same here. Seems to work for me.

Luv Quilts and Cats

my ideas for quilts come just as I am falling asleep. So I keep pen and paper on my table next to the bed, ready when inspiration strikes! Sometimes I don't want to fully wake and make my notes. I've learned my lesson on that because I never remember the idea in the morning!

Teacup

If issues with work or family are tumbling through my head when I'm trying to sleep, I often pick up one of my quilting books or an old quilting magazine and think about quilting instead of the other issues. If I'm going to obsess in my mind, I'd rather it be about fabric and patterns! If I wake up in the middle of the night, rather than get caught up in worry, I get on the QB or look at other quilting links.

quiltingcandy

One time my dad told me when he would have trouble falling to sleep he would do math problems in his head - he would do them too while walking on the treadmill. Thought it odd, but turned out my eldest daughter would do the same - also a math wizard. I would plan quilts - think of pretty patterns and fabrics, much happier than thinking about work.

QM

Me too. I have about 4000 quilts designed in my QuiltPro. Last night, when I could not sleep, I revised an older pattern of mine. I think it might be just right for a Grandson for Christmas.

Nammie to 7

I sewed in my sleep most of the night last night!!

DOTTYMO

Going to sleep no problem I do dream about quilting problems. The person about maths, I am constantly counting ie the machine stitching sewing thread in. Rotary cuts made. No idea why. I thought at one time everyone did It. I must try maths problems that may work as a new way.

Traditional Quilter

I wish I could accomplish as much quilting during daylight hours as I do at night when I lay wide awake in my bed. I've even designed a quilt while getting an MRI. It helped me stay still for the 1+ hour.