[Nfb-krafters-korner] Introduction

[Ramona Walhof]

Deanna, you can try using heavy thread with basting size stitches to mark
lines where you want to be super straight.  You can measure with a tape
measure as you run your guide thread.  Then sewing feels easy.  

Let us know about the quilts you make. 
There are  people on this list who do quilting on the machine, too.  I have
only pieced pillows.  Don't know if I have enough patience to do a full
quilt, but love to design and creat things.  
Ramona 

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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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