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Quilting to lose weight

quiltqueenie
quiltqueenie Posts: 7 Member
edited November 2024 in Motivation and Support
Hi! I am very new to MFP and am hoping to find some support, so I thought I would reach out.
I am 46+, married, mom, working full-time and a quilter by night!
I enjoy piecing and hoarding free patterns.
I also have 2 dogs and we love to go camping.
I have > 50# to lose!
Help!!

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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    You are quilting to lose weight?
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,858 Member
    I used to cross-stitch to keep my hands busy, didn't want to get the fabric dirty, so I'd keep my mitts out of the snacks. :D
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    I used to cross-stitch to keep my hands busy, didn't want to get the fabric dirty, so I'd keep my mitts out of the snacks. :D

    Good idea. I do this with an adult coloring book.
  • quiltqueenie
    quiltqueenie Posts: 7 Member
    I quilt as Altariel wrote, keeps me from snacking ☺️
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Great idea. Sounds so relaxing with a cup of tea
  • angelamichelle_xo
    angelamichelle_xo Posts: 646 Member
    i read.
  • Bookworm1860
    Bookworm1860 Posts: 54 Member
    quiltqueenie wrote: »
    I enjoy piecing and hoarding free patterns.

    Hoarding patterns - the sign of a true needlewoman. :D I hoard knitting and sewing patterns. I should be either knitting or sewing right now but I'm too tired from shoveling snow.

  • quiltqueenie
    quiltqueenie Posts: 7 Member
    Oh no, where do you live?
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    I have several quilt tops waiting to be finished. Along with several crotchet blankets in varying degrees of completion. Some paintings, and cross stich too! I enjoy crafts, but I have the attention span of a gnat. Best of luck to you!
  • Bookworm1860
    Bookworm1860 Posts: 54 Member
    quiltqueenie wrote: »
    Oh no, where do you live?

    I'm in NY. We got about 2ft, not as bad as my friends in PA and MD. Our drifting was so bad though that I figure I shoveled at least twice that. Our roads are still a mess but I have to be at work in the morning anyway.
  • quiltqueenie
    quiltqueenie Posts: 7 Member
    Here in WI we have managed to avoid most everything with only 1 storm so far this season. Really light for us.

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