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Too hot to sew?
lgrande   Advanced Beginner MT USA Member since 1/18/12 Posts: 1110	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 7/13/12 1:19 PM It's been close to 100° for over a week now here. My sewing room is upstairs where the hot air likes to cluster. I'll work in the mornings before it gets really hot out, then stay downstairs where it is noticeably cooler for the rest of the day. Yesterday I was working on the hems on a new pair of pants...in my underwear! I realized when I took off my capris to try on the new pants how much cooler it was without clothes! ------ Linda Bernina 830LE Bernina B530 Janome 6600P Pfaff 1209 Babylock Evolution Janome 644D
jadamo00 Advanced NY USA Member since 3/13/06 Posts: 1253	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 7/13/12 1:25 PM Yup, yup, I'm with ya. 100 degrees in my house. I do have AC in my bedroom where the sewing machine is. But I trace and cut in the living room where it is absolutely stifling. So all last week it was: cut and sweat, and then duck into the bedroom to stitch. The cat thinks I'm nuts... j.
Elizabeth made this   Intermediate CO USA Member since 8/8/07 Posts: 489	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 7/13/12 5:51 PM It's cool in the sewing room between being a basement room and the AC, but the heat saps my creative energy (being pregnant really, really doesn't help). I've come to realize that summer + me = blah. ------ emadethis.wordpress.com Dare to do more. ~Natalie Dessay
idahodogs Advanced Beginner ID USA Member since 4/22/08 Posts: 419	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 7/13/12 9:08 PM I am pretty wimpy when it come to what I consider hot... 90 outside and I am whining. I work in a bakery, so by the time I get home I want to be COOL. For me sewing is the summer activity because quilting and crochet are too hot sitting in my lap. I find that once the house starts to cool off around 9 I get a second wind and want to go, go, go. Drives my DH nuts when I get pumped just as he's ready to crash Totally guilty of sewing in my undershorts, especially when I am fitting a new pattern! ------ - Labore est orare (work is prayer) - John Ruskin
sew2006 Advanced ON CANADA Member since 6/24/06 Posts: 1720	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 7/14/12 11:25 PM It's been too hot to sew so I went window shopping. A Bernina coverlock and a Brother PQ1500 followed me home. Most times in the summer I sew in my 2pc swimsuit. A friend brought me a sweater to hem and I asked her when she planned on wearing it? ------ Janome10001, Babylock ESG3, Brother ULT 2001, White 634D serger, Pfaff 1472, Singer featherweight, Singer 14T957Dc, Bernina FunLock 009DCC coverlock, Brother PQ1500S, Janome CP900.
KathySews   Advanced Beginner MI USA Member since 10/1/06 Posts: 2916	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 7/15/12 8:52 AM I was working on a baby quilt for my newest great niece, but she will have to wait a while. It is just too hot to have all that fabric in my lap. And yes, I sew in my undies. Its cooler, no one can see in my window and it sure helps with fitting
minggiddylooloo   Intermediate VA USA Member since 5/17/05 Posts: 1797	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 7/15/12 9:35 AM We have central A/C but my sewing room is in the bedroom where the vents don't seem to work as well as the other rooms upstairs. I moved some of my sewing items down to the dining room table. Hubby is thrilled.... ------ I'm finally a blogger! sewming.blogspot.com
LynnRowe   Advanced BC CANADA Member since 3/9/09 Posts: 7005	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 7/15/12 10:02 AM Three words...portable air conditioner. Mine is a Danby, and I couldn't survive without it. ------ I heart Panzy, Pfaff Creative Performance, the sewing machine love of my life! And Rupert (Pfaff 2023), Baby (BL Enlighten), Victor (BLCS), Ash (Bernina 350SE), Pal (Bernina 530), Kee (Bernina 750) and the Featherteen Flock! Most of all, I heart Woo (HimmyCat). Until we meet again, my beautiful little boy. I love you.
lgrande   Advanced Beginner MT USA Member since 1/18/12 Posts: 1110	Login to reply to this post In reply to LynnRowe << 2 members like this. Date: 7/15/12 10:22 AM My house has central air but the upstairs tends to run hotter than the downstairs. So, if I want it to be 74° in the sewing room I'd have to set the AC for about 70°...too chilly downstairs. Also, I can't stand to be hot (it's a post-menopause thing) so if it's 78° in my sewing room I'm not hanging out in there. ------ Linda Bernina 830LE Bernina B530 Janome 6600P Pfaff 1209 Babylock Evolution Janome 644D
Sherril Miller   Advanced CA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 7474	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 7/15/12 11:24 AM A couple of years ago I bought a small $100 window air conditioner for my sewing room. It really only can cool the one room, but keeps it nice and comfy in there. The rest of the house stays hot, so DH and DS come visit me from time to time. ------ Visit my blog at http://sewingsaga.blogspot.com If it's worth sewing, it's worth sewing well; and if it's worth sewing well, it's worth FITTING FIRST! - TSL

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