[Nfb-krafters-korner] quilting

[Terry Knox]

Joyce,

Thanks, this is just the correct information I am looking for to make the
right decisions. No, I do not have a sewing machine now, and not sure as to
if I should go that way. I liked hearing your idea, and I am leaning to hand
quilting for the same reasons, however, I have never did hand quilting. I
have to start from step one on this. Many questions, like size of backing,
batting, loop size, what is manageable, do top first, then place in loom?
See where I am going. I have purchased precut squares from a supplier and I
liked your idea about hem ruler to sew your stitch allowance, but should I
be doing this first? Also is there instructions on stitching? I like the
idea of hand quilting, but want to do it correctly, I have not been able to
find any type of books or instructions. Thanks for your reply.

Terry K

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I quilt by hand.  That way I can feel my stitches and seam allowances  and
maybe it is not perfect, but it is my quilting by my hands.  That is  how I
got my screen name Blind Hands, I startedfiguring out how I could sew and
quilt  and was just learning how to see with my hands and fingers.
 
Actually, I never thought too much about  quilting with a sewing  machine.  
I do not know how or if a blind person [totally blind] could use  a regular
machine to quilt.  I know they have all these sewing machines out  there for
quilting, but you drop your feed dogs and you are free hand  sewing.  Now
let me tell you that the commercial quilting machines that are  computerized
and has the long arms and table I have had my hands on.  Some  places that
do machine quilting let people rent out their machines.  There  was a place
that use to do that in my town.  It was so cool and the fact is  the machine

was moveable on an arm with a grip handle to move it around.   It also had 
the capability  of programming  the quilt design and it  just did it by
itself.  The man and his wife who owned it spent time to  explain it to me
and he thought it might be possible for him to teach me.
 
I had cut out all my quilt tops with rotary cutter and I had found a lot of 
 things to use to help guide my cutting of strips   I learned some  tricks 
of doing half square triangles and stuff like that.  
 
Have you ever hand quilted?  Do you have a sewing machine now that straight
stitches?
 
 
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 2/7/2011 9:45:54 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
tknox6 at sc.rr.com writes:

Joyce,

First, advice. Which is better, to hand quilt or  machine, Ii know it is 
your
choice, but for a blind person, I do not want  to jump in with expense and
find I should have gone the other way. There is  little written on the
subject to make the choice. I did quilt by machine  and rotary cutter and I
have found material by quilt companies, precut but  am torn between setting
up a hoop or machine. Thanks.

Terry  K

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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner]  quilting

Terry


Ask away.  I have been sewing way before  I went blind and I continue  my
sewing now.  I am a  quilter.  I never had time to hand quilt when I  had my
eye  sight, but I truly enjoy it now.

I tell folks I put a lot of feeling in  my quilting!  Sometimes they  get 
the
meaning.
Joyce   Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)  
Blindhands at AOL.com
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