How much time for quilting?

[JudithA]

Annis,
I really like your quilt. I like the medallion effect.
I especially like the small squares in the center. They remind me of a few antique quilts I have seen.
I also like the warm color scheme.

Judith

[loise98]

I love it that you stroke your finished work. I think that's really neat. My best FMQ is on a tote bag I use often so I get to enjoy it because I use it often.

[ajclapp]

Stroking quilting designs sounds like fun. Playing with fabric and drawing designs does too. I've got some red and white fabrics I'm playing with and drawing designs to go with them, a long term project that will take awhile. I just wasted some good quilting time searching for the 2nd page of my sales tax report that wasn't filled out yet. You would never guess where I found it. I'm not even sure what made me think to look there...

[twiglet]

Well you'll have to tell us now :lol:

Annis your quilt is delicious,I absolutely love it. The ribbon effect of the outside border is great.

I better not tell you about the sniffing fabric. And now I've joined another challenge

[Zarah]

Annis, I absolutely love your quilt. It's a very good composition, pattern, colors and all

[LoriReid]

Annis,
Your Sweet Sampler quilt is beautiful. Love the colors.

[loise98]

I believe Wendy thinks retirement means someone put more than 24hrs in each day. To tell you the truth I am having problems with that concept myself. I can't figure out how it is years/months are getting shorter. It's hard to balance all that with my good intentions regarding UFO's.

[ajclapp]

Hint: I thought I had it with me when I was filling out the copy.

[Renata]

What a beautiful quilt, Annis! I really enjoyed perusing the details and your sense of color is just delightful.

[Renata]

Lovely quilt, Annis. Good job!

[twiglet]

I believe Wendy thinks retirement means someone put more than 24hrs in each day. To tell you the truth I am having problems with that concept myself. I can't figure out how it is years/months are getting shorter. It's hard to balance all that with my good intentions regarding UFO's.

They did Lois, I'm no more productive but the days are lovely and long and I feel totally chilled.

[twiglet]

Beautiful quilt Annis, love the medallion feel and especially the outer border.

[NanaPie]

Beautiful quilt, Annis. So now here it is January 16th and you've nearly finished TWO quilts! Would you consider a move to the southeast to my house to help me whip out my 2015 resolution quilts? I am just amazed at what you accomplish in such a short time!!!

[genevacarroll]

Lovely quilt Annis... as usual!

I don't quilt nearly enough. Since my grandson moved in with us in September (he was 1 year old then) my quilting time is less. Though they will be moving into their own place soon, so I should have more time. Parker, my grandson loves to come in the sewing room with me to "help". I've had to put things up high and so that causes me to not have things where I usually use them. But I want all my grandkids to love my sewing room. So, I am happy to have Parker rearrange things for me.

I keep a mental list, which isn't very smart, of things I need to accomplish. Quilts that need to be made for babies, weddings, donations, etc. Then quilts that are simply for the purpose of creating, art quilts, etc, are last on the list. That probably isn't very smart.

I thought I would quilt a lot more when I retired. And I do, but not nearly as much as I thought I would. Sometimes I just like to go in my sewing room, sniff the fabric, pet the fabrics, look at all the fun threads, read the books and look out the window. I'm trying to give myself permission to not feel as if I must create something amazing all the time.

Thanks Wendy for putting this question out here. It's been good to think about the answer!

Take care,

Geneva

[Renata]

Geneva, I enjoyed reading your comments because I feel very much like you when it comes to how I spend my quilting time. Not all of it is piecing and quilting for me--in fact, a lot of it is reading, watching videos to learn a technique, practicing a technique, looking at a picture of a quilt I like and deconstructing it to figure out how it's put together, learning about composition and color and if the inspiration hits me, even to design something. I love piecing and quilting but it is not an obsession for me, rather a journey among the many other things I like to do (in retirement ) and the people I enjoy spending my time with.