Overcoming the Dog Days of Summer with Fun and Productive Summer Sewing Ideas

A Quilting Life Podcast

In this episode, Sherri and Chelsi share and discuss ideas for overcoming the dog days of Summer with some ideas for Summer sewing projects and other things that can be done in your sewing space to help you feel productive and ready to create. This podcast also marks the 4th anniversary of the A Quilting Life Podcast! Thank you to all the loyal listeners and viewers who have supported us along the way. There would be no podcast without an audience!
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Summer Sewing Ideas:
1. Clean up your space: purge unnecessary items, inventory rotary blades, and thread, clean off flat surfaces, etc.
2. Go over works in progress: choose one per month to work on.
3. Sort fabrics for keeping, donating, selling…
4. Work on scrap organization either weekly or monthly throughout the summer.
5. Change your sewing machine needle.
6. Attend a local guild meeting or activity.
7. Set aside 20 minutes to sew daily—see how long you can keep up the streak!
8. Try a new technique.
9. Prepare a handwork bag to take with you on trips and outings.
10. Label a quilt.
11. Start a scrap quilt.
12. Plan your Christmas sewing projects.
13. Attend a quilt show.
14. Buy a new quilting ruler or tool you’ve been wanting to get.
15. Clean up your room for 10 minutes after each time you sew for a month
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