ffq-lar Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 My Millie is slowing wending her way home from a visit to Iowa. I haven't quilted since Jan 3rd. Did I have withdrawals? Yes. What have I been doing?---remember I retired recently so my time is now my own... I cleaned the studio. That took a week and I brought so much cr*p into the sewing room in my house that now I need to clean that! Made jewelry. I'm making vintage button earrings and rings to sell at my guild quilt show in October. Felted a bunch of thrift store wool sweaters. Made two purses out of some of those felted sweaters. That was a blast! Spent too much time on-line looking at quilts, art, fabric sites, FB and joined a couple of on-line quilty groups. Started actually posting on Facebook. Put together a seven-part series of tutorials on fabric surface designs (think dyeing) for my guild and made the first samples. I was glad to have some time to dabble in new crafts and revisit some old ones. Thank goodness I filled my hours or else I might have had to do some house cleaning! Whew! Dodged that bullet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qltnbe Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Love it! I am always looking for something fun to do so I can avoid housework. Felt good to get the studio cleaned, didn't it? I like working in a clean space, but that's not always the case. Sounds like you kept yourself pretty busy with some fun projects. You will be so ready when your machine comes knocking on your door. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enchanted Quilting Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 I took off three weeks too. First quilt I loaded was a "stare ...what do I do...stare some more quilt". Back in the groove now. Sounds like you are dabbling into many artsy venues...good for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbams Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 I believe it was Phyllis Diller who years ago said, "Housework won't kill you, but why take the chance?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K. Szymaszek Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Sounds like a very productive time. I totally feel the same about cleaning my house, i tend to do what i have to when i have to. Not proud of it, just the way it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Quilted Petal Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 You quilt a quilt and it stays quilted! You clean a house...need I say more? I'm just choosing to spend my time and energy on tasks with more efficient and long term results! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirleyl Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 By the time I get my house cleaned it's time to start over. I took a break too, but not a restful one. But have a new grandchild yo show for it. Bad for the poor customer that had a quilt on my frame, she most definitely is getting a good discount. She has been very understanding. Shirley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Ha Ha! I clean my house once a month whether it needs it or not.....LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted January 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 By the time I get my house cleaned it's time to start over. I took a break too, but not a restful one. But have a new grandchild yo show for it. Bad for the poor customer that had a quilt on my frame, she most definitely is getting a good discount. She has been very understanding. Shirley Congratulations Shirley! New babies trump house cleaning and quilting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMALKB Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I MADE myself give the house a good cleaning last weekend...........now I can cruise for a while...........I don't mind once I get started, but getting started is the hard part..........especially when there are sewing/quilting projects there that I would rather be doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanbrug Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Isn't it weird when you have some spare time and you have to question whether its clean or enjoy yourself? I don't get a lot of me time watching granddaughter and customer quilts but last week I got all caught up and nothing on the books so far which is strange feeling. I took 3 days and did some fun sewing I made a selvage edge purse which turned out pretty cute and finished an applique quilt I've had for years. It felt so good and I felt guilty today and plugged in the sweeper and yes I turned it on.LOL I'm back to the regular routine come Monday so fun time sewing is ending for awhile but man it was fun. Linda if your bored you can always come to my house and clean and organize the quilt studio ha ha . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliss Quilter Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Linda, Sounds like you had a lot of fun. Get those tops ready to quilt when Millie returns she will be ready to work!!!! At our guild meeting this week a 1940's Singer artical was read; it said: "Before Sewing you should have your house clean, clothes clean. ironed a put away; makeup and lipstick should always be kept fresh should anyone come over. Make yourself beautiful for your husband for when he returns home. And have dinner ready on the table." Well, I thought all those ladies were going to die of laughter. Some of the cat calls: "Pajama's all day; get your own supper; the cloths are clean, pull out of the dryer when needed it; mopped/vaccumed when I feel like it; don;t bother me I'm sewing....." It took over 5 mins to calm them down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 LOL I can't go without cleaning. I can go to a certain point and then it stresses me out. On the good side it doesn't take long to clean since I do it often. We've got our house on the market and that brings cleaning to a whole new level! I'm tired of that level which is most definitely cutting into my quilting time! We had a showing yesterday and another today. Hoping one of them is "the one." Glad to see you are having fun in your retirement and enjoying yourself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Where are you going Heidi? Are you moving closer to those grand babies or just getting away from MIL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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