What the heck?

Maybe she's a farmer and she's getting the crops in and harvested the rest of the year??? To me it's a year 'round obsession. I couldn't put it aside for any period of time. (shrugs shoulders) Some people.....

Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.

SOme folks are quilters and others like to quilt once in awhile. If you have other obligations when you can get outside I guess quilting would be a great winter hobby. Not for me (or you !) but if it works for her why not? I am out in the garden a lot in the warmer weather but never put my quilting away. I go through fits and spurts but don't put my quilting away either.

teleflora wrote:

For me, in London it is year round. When I lived in SE Virginia, I did more quilting in the Summer - indoor with the AC running!

Hanne in London

I suspect it hangs on two variables:

Are you also a gardener, and do you have air conditioning?

If the answer to the former is yes, it's self explanatory. If the answer to the latter is no, then I'd agree, summer is NOT quilting time. Too damn hot. (At least for hand-quilters....)

However, there is nothing to say that summer can't be *piecing* time..... :)

--pig

Only thing I don't do in the summer is knit. Too hot down here to even touch wool.

I'm with you. Even in a house with no AC, where it might be too hot to hand quilt in the summer, I'd be working on the machine. Roberta in D

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Hmm. This doesn't apply here. I can count the times I have been "too hot" in Scotland on one hand.

-- Jo in Scotland

Reminds me of a (male) friend who saw me hand quilting a white wholecloth (lots of 1" grid as a filler) and asked if it wouldn't be easier just to buy a ready-made mattress pad. Roberta in D

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LOL! Thankfully, my friends and family seem to appreciate my art, and since I (mostly, anyway) quilt at home, on my own, I'm spared the really hare-brained comments like that one :-)

Indeed, if you just wanted a mattress pad, you probably would have bought one.

Hanne > Reminds me of a (male) friend who saw me hand quilting a white wholecloth

I quilt year round, and one thing I enjoy is taking a smallish piece of wholecloth work out to the front porch in good weather. I am blessed with a traditional front porch, and it is essentially another room except in winter -- a lovely place to read the newspaper, drink iced tea, do a bit of hand sewing, and get acquainted with neighbors! When I got the dog I added a gate, and she enjoys being out on the porch, too.

I do tend to feed my bicycle obsession more in the warmer months, but I still quilt year round.

John

Nah. I quilt year-round, too. I have to admit I think I enjoy it more in the winter, though. It's hard to imagine even needing a quilt when it's

110 degrees outside. I remember about smothering when I'd bind quilts in my lap in the summer. I turn out more quilts in the winter months definitely. I like to play in the dirt in the spring and summer, so that takes up some time.

Sherry

Oh my gosh. The things that well-meaning people can say! I've also heard, "You can buy a double wedding ring at Wal Mart for $29".

Sherry

I always sewed less in summer because I love the outdoors so much. Summer is the time to garden. Beautiful flowers and fresh clean vegetables.

Howdy!

Make penance to the Gods of Air Conditioning.

We who bow down before them enjoy handquilting all year, all seasons. ;-D

R/Sandy-- > I suspect it hangs on two variables:

Oh my gosh. The things that well-meaning people can say! I've also

And this little fact was what killed the sale of home made quilts here where I live in Tenn. But it's not only Wal*Mart. Other stores sell the cheap imports as well.

Sherry

....unless, like this winter, when you have to be out shovelling the *&*^ SNOW!

I'll admit, I do more quilting in the winter than in the summer, because I do spend time in the garden that I can't in the winter. However, I NEVER completely put quilting aside!

Best regards, Michelle in NV