If I don't have anything else planned, I can piece or applique' all day, but I take breaks to change the laundry loads, get the mail, have a snack, take the dog out, etc. If I am free motion quilting, I have to take more breaks, my back/neck get fatigued faster than they used to.

Depends on how many time that Tobey interrups me to find this, do that (like fix meals!), or go to this appointment or that. Wish I had more uninterrupted time. When I was teaching I used to get about 10 minutes of sewing in the morning before heading out to school or take a break from grading papers and sew for a little while. Now it's the day to day stuff that dictates my time.

When I’m at home, I often quilt into the wee hours of the morning, stopping only because I know I will wake up by 7 and getting only 5 hours of sleep is inadequate for me. I’ve never fallen asleep at the sewing machine… yet, anyway. Otherwise, I just stop when I get bored or have another obligation. It’s getting started that’s sometimes a problem. Here in Palm Desert, I don’t have a separate room to quilt in where I can shut a door and hide the mess. It’s right out in the open, so I tend to quilt only when I can leave everything out for a few days. Although it takes only a few minutes to set things up or put things away, sometimes that’s just too much. Haha.

Every day has it's own stopping point and includes everything you have listed. In addition, sometimes it's frustration from my goof ups, or the machine or thread not being cooperative.

Getting started is my problem I’m a messy quilter and tend to have a couple (3,4…) projects going at once so getting organized to start isn’t easy for me But once I start I don’t want to stop! Usually Jim will let me know he had dinner ready, or the dogs will ask to go out.

Kate, so good to see you posting again. Welcome back.

It’s great to still see so many familiar names!

I generally stop when it is bedtime. I learned a long time ago that for me, it is just not worth staying up late for anything. I pay for it the whole next day. I don't have to stop for meals, because hubby is happy to make himself a TV dinner and he or my daughter will bring me a snack if I need something.

Hi, Kate. I miss seeing your beautiful creations!

Hi, Kate! It's nice to see you again!

I tend to have a short attention span in the sewing room, but when I'm motivated or just really in the mood, I keep going back to it. I generally don't sew after dark, though. Not really sure why.

Donna