[Nfb-krafters-korner] Questions about soeing.

[Blindhands at aol.com]

Kendra 
 
We have a few folks that have done and are doing rag rugs.  I know  that 
Henrietta and Carol who are sisters have sent to the list information where  
to get pre cut strips for doing this.
 
As far as sewing, we just finished a sewing machine class this week here on 
 Krafters Korner.  All our classes are done via telephone conference  
calls.  So we had folks sitting in their homes learning how to sew on their  own 
sewing machines around the USA the last 4 weeks.
 
I have no light perception and went blind 14 years back and after trials  
and errors got back machine sewing.
 
As far as hand sewing not sure what you are having trouble with?  If  you 
are sewing seams or what with the rag rugs?  Do you need to bias sew  tthese 
or just seam the strips straight across?
 
We do have hand and machine quilters here on this list.  So you came  to 
the right place, but we need to know a little more oof where you are having  
trouble or what you want to know.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 11/5/2011 4:08:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
Baltimore777 at comcast.net writes:

Hi  everyone: 
I have sent a message simular to this one and was advised to  join this 
mailing list. I hope that what I'm about to say will not only answer  your 
question about what I do as a craft. I also hope that it will answer my  
questions as well. I am a blind left-handed gardener who is learning how to  weave 
recycled strips of sheets to make rag rugs. I am learning how to make  rag 
rugs to sell in my own small business which once started will be found in  
the cottige industry. I am a member of a rag rug making gild and my teacher  
has not worked with a blind person before. I should point out that I am the  
only blind person in my gild. As a matter of fact, I am the only blind 
person  to my knowledge that lives in Salem, Oregon who either knows or is 
learning  how to weave rag rugs. Since I am a beginner, I am still working out the 
finer  details in weeving the strips together on a hand-made loom. I have 
to soe the  strips of recycled sheets together in order to keep the rug 
smooth. I have  tried
to use nots to put the strips together but had to spend three  or four 
hours after my last rug was finished to get the nots out in order to  make it 
flat so that it can go into the market place. Both my teacher and I  want me 
to be as independent with my rag rug making as possable. Since I don't  know 
any person who is blind and who soes strips of favric together, I am  
sending this message on the mailing lists for anyone who is blind and who  knows 
to soe for advice. I know as a blind person that we often use different  ways 
than sited people to do our normal daily tasks. I believe that soeing is  
one of those tasks. If you are on the mailing lists and you happen to know a  
blind person who knows how to soe but that person is not on the mailing 
list,  I give you permition to pass this E Mail onto them as well. To all blind 
 people who knows how to soe, how would I soe by hand as a blind person? I 
have  tried to hand soe the strips together and have not had any luck at 
this time.  Are t
here techniques that I need to know? If so, can you please tell me  what 
they are? My rag rug gild meets once a week on Wednesday's. If you can  give 
me good advice before then, I would really appriciate this!  You may  either 
contact me on the mailing list or at my E Mail adress. 
My E Mail  is: 

Baltimore777 at comcast.net 

Again, I would really appriciate  this!!! 
Kendra Schaber  
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