[Nfb-krafters-korner] I Have done it! Happy music, I have heard it now!

Tue Dec 6 18:30:48 UTC 2016

I bet you are up to the challenge! 
Ramona

On Dec 6, 2016 12:12 AM, Joyce Kane via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> The only promlen with that thought Ramona I have Almost 350 spools of color machine embroidery thread.   The polyester thread is what is recommended for clothing to maintain the colors thru washing, but it is driving me crazy as the website I am getting a lot of my embroidery files from list the thread colors & names in a rayon thread and when it shows up on the embroidery machine computer screen it gives a total different name. 
>
> Let me give you a tiny example:  On the website it calls the color Emeral black and that is #1000  Mardera rayon .  On the embroidery computer screen it calls it black and the threads I have I don't know if they have a fancy name, but my color identifier calls it black. 
> Just one more, the website calls this one chartruse, the embroidery machine calls it moss and I search thru websites to try to get a verbal description of what it is suppose to look like...  Now Madera gets into naming these colors as in one which was a lighthouse that one had Emeral black, rhino, crome, elephant, chartruse, blizzard white, need I go on??? 
>
> It is interesting and it amuses me thinking what colors I am thinking they are and what colors they or the sited people around me are picking out for me.  I really don't think the person that is adding the text to the file that goes into the embroidery machine is into colors or just slapping on any name for them.  The colors that they put into the text file at least gives the color name as above and then adds where they are being used.  So that gives me a little more of an idea of shading, etc. 
>
> Joyce 
>
> Joyce 
> And 
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of walhoframona--- via Nfb-krafters-korner 
> Sent: Monday, December 5, 2016 5:24 PM 
> To: Joyce Kane via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> 
> Cc: walhoframona at gmail.com 
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] I Have done it! Happy music, I have heard it now! 
>
>
> joyce, that sounds very exciting! You might try putting your spools of thread in tiny plastic bags or even envelopes and placing color labels on the outside. 
> Ramona 
>
> On Dec 4, 2016 7:31 PM, Joyce Kane via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote: 
> > 
> > For the last few weeks I have been quietly working a lot on my 
> > embroidery machine.  I didn't give up, but I have learned a lot.  I 
> > went away for 2 days for an embroidery class and that was 2 hole days 8:30 A.M. until 5 P.M. 
> > sitting and listening and there were 3 people using one machine.  So 
> > we rotated around and I had a taste of what you can do with an 
> > embroidery machine.  I came home on Sunday and sat down and wrote am 
> > email to the manufacturer [Baby Lock] and complained that this store 
> > sold me one of their machines and making me wait 6  months before they 
> > will have a class to teach me the basics.  They didn't even show me 
> > how to thread it or wined the bobbin. 
> > 
> > Little did I know that they read this email on Sunday night and 
> > forwarded it to the store I purchased it at and sent me some questions back. 
> > 
> > I had a 2 hour lesson, one to one with the embroidery machine teacher 
> > that week at the store.  I came home and have been working with it for 
> > the last twoweeks.  I have learned a lot more and thought out how a 
> > blind person can do it.  Learned what the sounds of the machine mean.  
> > Practiced and learned about stabilizers and hooping.  I have made some 
> > mistakes by accident and doing things I should have not done. 
> > 
> > Tonight, I did reach one of my goals.  When you turn on a computer it 
> > makes a music sound and so does this computer in my machine.   When 
> > you need to change colors of thread it does a short music sound.  When 
> > it is all finished it [I'm Calling it], the "Happy Dance music"!  The 
> > tune is a little longer and ends on a upward beat.  Well I finally did 
> > a project, all on my own and heard the "Happy Dance Music!" 
> > 
> > I do have some other things to work on how I will know what to do, but 
> > I am on my way... 
> > 
> > For those who made comments for reading the computer screen, I found 
> > "Googgleyes"   that worked the best and turning off the flash. 
> > 
> > I heard that there is an embroidery/sewing machine that has an app 
> > that will work with the computer screen on the sewing machine and your IPhone/IPad. 
> > Yep, I sent an email to Baby Lock and asked when they will have WI for 
> > their machine screen.  I also talked to the owner of the sewing 
> > machine store and asked him that question, too.  He told me folks want 
> > this to happen and he is thinking that Baby Lock will have this as an upgrade software next year. 
> > 
> > So yes, Mommy, I can use an embroidery machine without seeing.  It 
> > will be much better when the app will show the screen of my sewing 
> > machine or read it with voiceover on my IPhone/IPad. 
> > 
> > Just need to figure out how to label the colors on the spools of thread. 
> > There isn't a way to attach barcode labels on the spools or the pen 
> > friend labels.  Maybe I will have to write more letters to the thread 
> > makers and ask them to put barcodes on the spools that a barcode reader can scan. 
> > 
> > JoyceFI 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I have had my machine since August and was waiting for the beginner's 
> > class atwhere I purchased it.  I learned 2 weeks prior to Turkey Day 
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________ 
> > Nfb-krafters-korner mailing list 
> > Nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org 
> > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org 
> > Division Website:  http://www.krafterskorner.org Facebook page:  
> > https://www.facebook.com/pages/NFB-Krafters-Division/269246643109571 
> > Krafters-Korner Blog https://craftingblind.wordpress.com/ 
> > "Follow NFB Krafters Korner on Twitter: Our Handle is @craftingblind 
> > Don't have a Twitter account? You can still follow Krafters Korner on 
> > Twitter. Go to: Twitter.com/craftingblind To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Nfb-krafters-korner: 
> > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org/walho 
> > framona%40gmail.com 
> _______________________________________________ 
> Nfb-krafters-korner mailing list 
> Nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org 
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org 
> Division Website:  http://www.krafterskorner.org Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/NFB-Krafters-Division/269246643109571 
> Krafters-Korner Blog https://craftingblind.wordpress.com/ 
> "Follow NFB Krafters Korner on Twitter: Our Handle is @craftingblind Don't have a Twitter account? You can still follow Krafters Korner on Twitter. Go to: Twitter.com/craftingblind To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Nfb-krafters-korner: 
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org/blindhands%40aol.com 
>
>
> _______________________________________________ 
> Nfb-krafters-korner mailing list 
> Nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org 
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org 
> Division Website:  http://www.krafterskorner.org 
> Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/NFB-Krafters-Division/269246643109571 
> Krafters-Korner Blog https://craftingblind.wordpress.com/ 
> "Follow NFB Krafters Korner on Twitter: Our Handle is @craftingblind 
> Don't have a Twitter account? You can still follow Krafters Korner on Twitter. Go to: Twitter.com/craftingblind 
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Nfb-krafters-korner: 
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org/walhoframona%40gmail.com 