[Nfb-krafters-korner] Quilting another comment - Paper Shapes

[Nancy Yeager]

My motto for cutting out shapes as a blind person is, "if I can trace it, I
can cut it out."  One of the easiest ways I have found to make almost any
shape is to use pipe cleaners.  Sometimes you have to twist several together
to make a long enough strand.  Then, shape it into anything.  Once you shape
it, you have a stencil.  Get a few foam sheets and place your stencil on one
of the sheets.  You may want to put a pad or something under the sheet so
you don't mar your table.  Then, trace around your pipe cleaner stencil with
a pencil.  You will end up with lines in your foam sheet that you can feel
and follow with your scissors.

If you don't want to use foam, cover a piece of cardboard with window
screen, taping around the edges.  Then,  Put a piece of paper on top of the
screen, trace your stencil on it and the screen underneath will make lines
on your paper that you can use as a guide.

I've also had luck with commercial stencils but many of them are extremely
detailed and the patterns on them are difficult to follow.  I tend to look
for simpler ones, such as outlines of flowers.

I know this is wordy, but hope it helps.
   
Nancy Yeager

 

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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eileen Scrivani
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 7:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Quilting another comment

I'm not ready for quilting or a sewing machine, but am interested in how &
what you all are doing to cut out shapes both creatively & accurately.  I'd
like to hear more about cutting out paper shapes and some ideas on card
decorating & design as well.

I have only very basic skills with needle & thread and am only at the level
of sewing on a button & doing a very basic hem that does not require
cutting.

Eileen

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From: "Dan Brewer" <gary.brewer at comcast.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Quilting another comment


> This sounds doable and fun.  I can surely hand sew. You are right, cutting

> can be a challenge.  But have mastered it quite well in card making with 
> paper.
> HenriettaAt 10:37 AM 3/8/2009, you wrote:
>
>>You don't have to have a sewing machine to sew stripped pieces  together.
>>You can hand sew them, but then there is a lot more cutting  of smaller 
>>pieces.
>>I have some tools I have gotten so I can cut the long  strips out .with a
>>rotary cutter, then sew them on the machine together and then  go back and

>>cut
>>these sewn strips into  strips that make up the  blocks.
>>
>>I hope I have not lost you on this, but I have been in block swaps which 
>>are
>>each person makes X amount of the same design block and then sends all but

>>1
>>or 2 blocks in for a swap.  You get back as many blocks as you send  in. 
>>It
>>is great fun and it makes a great patchy quilt or lap robe.   Depending 
>>how
>>many blocks you swap.
>>
>>I have been in them that use a certain type of quilting fabric  as  some 
>>of
>>the companies come out with a whole type of coordinating prints.  I  have 
>>been
>>in some that they use a common color background example white on white 
>>print.
>>
>>
>>I would think it would be fun to give this a try and I have taught this
>>certain pattern block to a troop of Girl Scouts that were in high school.
>>
>>1 yard of material[actually  1/2 yards, plus 2 - 1/4 yards] will make  8
>>blocks which is enough to make a 16 inch pillow.
>>
>>We can give that a try to do a pillow and if after that you might be
>>interested in joining in with a swap.  I can investigate more to open it 
>>up  for
>>sighted folks, too, if we don't have enough folks.
>>
>>Let me know your thoughts on this.
>>
>>I am just looking into a quilt block that you can do all by hand sewing 
>>and
>>I hope to find out at the quilt shop if they have a particular tool that 
>>could
>>  be used for cutting.  Actually I know that they do have the tool and I 
>> want
>>to get it and give it a try.  Summer is a great time for these small hand
>>projects and using cotton cloth is not as uncomfortable as yarns can be.
>>
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