[Nfb-krafters-korner] blind child with residual visionin asewing class

[River Woman]

I cannot imagine a blind person driving a motorcycle as you have to be on 
top of your game at every moment - everything is heightened, not anything 
like driving a car. You have to be able to constantly scan the road ahead of 
you for about 50 feet, make very agressive and quick decisions and turns, 
etc.  It is a skill that takes finesse and decisive moves constantly. My 
husband always wants to take me up to the shoping mall parking lot late at 
night so I can ride again...I think I will just be content with my knitting 
and beadworking and pottery making but sometimes I dream I am riding again 
and in all my dreams I am not visually impaired. Isn't that strange? I 
wonder if that will change in time. I see perfectly every night in my 
dreams...so I am only blind 1/2 the time,  when I am awake. Does that mean I 
am only 1/2 of a blind person?  Just wondering? (laugh)
Lynda Lambert
River Road Studio, Since 1976
www.lyndalambert.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] blind child with residual visionin 
asewing class


> Linda;
> Take it to a empty parking lot and you could have fun with verbal 
> guidance.  I once drove a car off the road with a broken drive shaft with 
> my husband pushing.  You might say I steared it.  I even have driven boats 
> with verbal guidance. And of course I have driven bumper cars.  I won 
> third place and second place, twice, in the national braille car rally. 
> They use race cars and the blind person reads directions to the race car 
> driver and you are timed! If there were better wramps and they were 
> brightly marked in yellow, I might take on the chalange of using a scooter 
> to get to the store.  It is just to dangerous.  I can not imagine a blind 
> person driving a car, like in the blind car chalange!
>
> Terry P.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net]
> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 7:56 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] blind child with residual vision in 
> asewing class
>
> Joyce, you are such an inspiration. I love hearing you describe the things 
> you do and how you do them. You make me know I can do anything I decide to 
> do - of course I won't break the law and drive my motorcycle any longer 
> though..haha  Lynda
>
>
> Lynda Lambert
> River Road Studio, Since 1976
> www.lyndalambert.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 6:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] blind child with residual vision in 
> asewing class
>
>
>> Ed:
>>
>> I have no light perception and I truly love my sewing, quilting,
>> sewing clothes for my Grand daughters besides knitting, crocheting,
>> weaving candle making and whatever else hits my fancy in the crafting
>> world.
>>
>> I use nothing fancy, but I have a plastic credit card masking taped to
>> the bed of my sewing machine which is measured from my sewing machine
>> needle
>> 1/4  inch.  I use quarter inch seam allowance on almost everything.
>> So if you want 5/8seam allowance securely tape something like a
>> plastic credit card to  the bed of the machine.  By positioning the
>> credit card approximately
>> 2
>> inches forward from the foot of the machine, but 5/8 inch to the right
>> it will  extend back from the foot far enough.  I butt the fabric up
>> against the plastic edge and this is my guide.I can keep my right hand
>> and  feel the edges of the fabric moving guiding with the left fingers
>> in front and  the right in back of the foot.I can feel the pins
>> approaching the foot and stop
>> them to remove them.  I use quilting pins to pin my seams together. 
>> They
>>  are long with the large plastic heads.   They are easier to feel and 
>> pull
>> out before going under the needle of the  machine.
>>
>> Do you know that we have a blind teacher in Wisconsin that teaches
>> home ec in the public school?  Her students are sighted.  She is a
>> member of  NFB and I would suggest you get in touch with her and have
>> her get in contact with this teacher.
>>
>> I need to look up her name.  If you are interested please email me and
>> I will give you her contact information.
>>
>>
>> Joyce  Kane
>> www.KraftersKorner.org  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
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