[Nfb-krafters-korner] : chat

Wed Feb 9 02:06:35 UTC 2011

I popped in a little late, but no one was there when I got there.

Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

In a message dated 2/8/2011 5:41:33 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
Terry.Powers at nih.gov writes:

Did  anyone come to the chat?  I had a hard time getting in, but after I 
got  in, there was no one there.  I stayed for a while, came back and no one  
was there.  What happened?

Terry P.

-----Original  Message-----
From: Blindhands at aol.com [mailto:Blindhands at aol.com] 
Sent:  Monday, February 07, 2011 7:38 PM
To:  nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner]  quilting

Hope you can make it to the chat tonight at around 8  p.m.  We can talk  a 
little more about it then.

Joyce   Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)  
Blindhands at AOL.com   

In a message dated 2/7/2011  4:21:49 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, 
tknox6 at sc.rr.com  writes:

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

-----Original  Message-----
From:   nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]   On Behalf Of 
Blindhands at aol.com
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 6:43   PM
To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re:  [Nfb-krafters-korner]  quilting

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

-----Original  Message-----
From:    nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]    On Behalf Of
Blindhands at aol.com
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011   7:35  PM
To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
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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