Two Whole Days of Quilting

Wouldn’t it be great to have two whole days of uninterrupted quilting? As a person with a full-time job, a house and kids to look after, it seems like little more than a dream. Or is it? Here are some ways you could have two whole days of quilting to yourself:

• Quilt Cruise – I though it was crazy when I first heard of it but apparently, Quilt Cruises are a thing. They are just like regular cruises – only with quilting! You bring your sewing machine with you, and you spend your time aboard with likeminded fiber enthusiasts. Similar to traditional cruises, you make stops at various ports – hopefully visiting quilt shops.
• Laid Off? Quilt On! – I don’t recommend getting laid off on purpose, but if you did, you should definitely spend at least half of your time quilting. After all, you can only send out so many resumes per day.
• Work in the Biz – Lucky are the few that have found a way to work and quilt by working in the quilting industry! Pattern designers, fabric designers, quilt shop employees, long arm quilters, quilting fiction writers and more appear to have the best of both worlds…. getting paid to quilt!
• Retreat – Tell your work you have to go visit sick Aunt Sally, tell your family you have to go on a work trip but really go on a quilting retreat. Double win!
• Hijacked Zoom Calls – I was recently at an online event for people in the fibers arts and there was a participant who was measuring time to completion on a quilting project by the number of Zoom calls it was going to take to finish her quilt. Now that’s multi-tasking: Expert Level.

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