[Nfb-krafters-korner] Introduction

[Liz]

Welcome to the group Deanna.
Wow, ti’s cool that you learned to sew. 

Liz

> On Jul 14, 2016, at 11:41 AM, Becky Frankeberger via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Deanna, welcome to this group. Give your sweet pup a hug from Jake and Me.
> 
> Becky and Jake 
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> Behalf Of Deanna Lewis via Nfb-krafters-korner
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> Cc: Deanna Lewis <DLewis at clovernook.org <mailto:DLewis at clovernook.org>>
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Introduction
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> Thanks everyone for the warm welcome!
> I actually taught myself how to sew by hand. I try to make my stitches as
> straight as possible by feeling the top of the fabric and sewing just below
> that. I do have some vision in my one eye, but I can't distinguish the
> stitches, so I just go by feel. Although, I do tend to strain my next and
> look at the fabric, even though I can't see the stitches. I guess it's just
> one of those habits that is hard to break.
> Actually, the hardest thing for me now is measuring and cutting my fabric.
> When I first started quilting, I could see the marks I made on the fabric,
> and now I really can't (unless it's super light fabric with dark pencil
> marks). I have templets to measure the squares out on the fabric and draw
> around them with a pencil. But, since I can't see the marks on the fabric
> now, I've been kind of butchering the squares or just guessing on the
> sizes... I've considered  having someone sighted help me with this, but I
> hate to admit defeat, LOL.
> In the past I have purchased pre-cut fabric squares on Ebay, although they
> were kind of expensive. But, I may look into this option again.
> I've tried crocheting before, but I couldn't get the hang of it, but I would
> like to try it again and also perhaps knitting too.
> Deanna
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