[Nfb-krafters-korner] Fabric question

[Carol]

Hi Every one, I am glad that Joice is going to be a member of the first Ebay 
Class.
If you come in early in the weekend, The Greater Baltimore Chapter has a 
Breakfast at 9 AM.
The Meeting is from 10 AM to noon.
The 19th is the date of the meeting.
Our Chapter meetings are the third Saturday of every month.

If you want to call me,
my telephone number is:
(410) 486-2183.

Thank you.

Carol Siegel


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lindy van der Merwe" <stephlin at iafrica.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 8:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Fabric question


> Hi Dixie,
> I have not done a lot of quilting, so perhaps others might have more ideas 
> for sorting and storing. I mostly use long pins with plastic heads for 
> sewing. I find them much easier to work with than the pins with the small 
> metal heads. If my fabric feels the same on both sides, I will first ask 
> someone to check if it actually has a right and wrong side since some 
> fabrics not only feels the same on both sides but also looks the same. If 
> the fabric has a right and wrong side, I will usually mark the piece by 
> holding the fabric so the right side is nearest me and inserting the pin 
> so the plastic head indicates the right side of the fabric.
> With the star and the flower, only one cut is required per shape, so you 
> should be able to keep track since you are folding in a sequence. You 
> might first want to cut all your scrap fabric into similar sized squares, 
> though.
> If you have many different scraps of fabric, perhaps you can ask someone 
> to help you sort it into different piles of matching or complementary 
> colors and, at the same time, help you to pin the pieces on top of each 
> other with the right sides on top and the wrong side facing down. You 
> could do this before or after the cutting process or after both.
> I hope I am making sense here. Perhaps others can explain better or has 
> some ideas on this subject. I'd love to hear how others do this too.
> Lindy
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dixie" <blueherons at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 2:26 PM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Fabric question
>
>
>> Ok, so how does a person who is total keep track of the right and wrong
>> sides of the fabrics?  Obviously the first cut is the easy one to figure
>> out, but for quilting, I have a closet full of scraps.  This sounds like 
>> a
>> project for the sighted?
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>> Dixie
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