Are you like me??

10 years ago

I think of this every time I am working on my quilt frame for extended periods....

I get quilting across the quilt (usually a pantograph) and I'm going strong. I get to the end of a row, and think to myself "I'll just get it set up for one more row, then I'll go to bed/take a break". So I get it all set up, and then think "Well, since it's going so well, I'll just do this row. Then I'll stop." I get to the end of that row, and it happens again..."I'll just get it setup ..." And then I think, "It's going so well. If I stop, then when I come back I'll have problems for sure. So I better just keep going."

Next thing I know it's 11pm (or 12, or 1am) and my neck hurts, my feet hurt, and I'm still going...

Is it just me?? or will someone else fess up and say I'm not alone???

[It's now 11pm, I HAVE stopped for the night, but working on only 3-4 hours of sleep isn't good...time to turn in.]

Comments (5)

mary_c_gw
10 years ago
It's not just you. You're not alone.

I totally do that with pantographs, too.

And now I'm looking forward to/dreading the large almost-king sized quilt - I intend to cross-hatch it. It's a simple alternating nine-patch - but OH! it's all ruler work for the diagonal quilting lines.

If I line it up - I must continue, LOL.
day2day
10 years ago
I do that with actual quilting.....on my small machine. I don't like the actual quilting part so I keep putting it off.
When I do get started and things are running smoothly, I keep going & going. (like the energizer bunny!). I tell myself...just another 1/2 hr. or just one more row.
I keep thinking that, if I stop, it may be days, weeks or even months before I get the motivation & nerve to get back to it.

~Geraldine
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TxMarti
10 years ago
I worked on my current quilt until 2 this morning, so I would say yes, I am like you.
littlehelen_gw
10 years ago
You are not alone...I'll do the same, but eventually...I just plain tucker out and crash...cause if I don't well, I look at what I did the night before and I'm not happy quilter. Of course I only have the regular machine...no frame.
V.
geezerfolks_SharonG_FL
10 years ago
I used to do that, Jen. Not with quilting, but sewing in general. Now, I have no choice in the matter.

SharonG/FL