[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Embroidery questions

Wed Dec 30 16:49:07 UTC 2020

Hello,
Anyone interested in teaching it to people with no usable vision,
doing it by hand rather than machine? I'd turn up for that, even
staying up late, hee hee!

Very best wishes,
Sandra.

On 12/30/20, Terry Powers via NFB-Krafters-Korner
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Tracy;
> What is crewel?
> I do a lot of plastic canvas.
>
> Terry
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf
> Of Tracy Carcione via NFB-Krafters-Korner
> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2020 10:42 AM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists' <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
> Subject: Re: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Embroidery questions
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> I have been blind since I was a little kid, for whatever that's worth.  When
> I was a teenager, I did crewel.  I did it "freehand", making up my own
> patterns.  I thought they came out nice.  Maybe, in my retirement, I'll try
> it again.
>
> Sometimes, it annoys me that I can't independently use some patterns, but on
> the other hand it pushes me to be creative and come up with my own.
>
> If you remember the stitches and have an idea in mind, why not give it a
> try?  If it works out, great!  If it doesn't, you may be able to figure out
> what went wrong.  Either way, what have you got to lose?
> Tracy
>
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> From: NFB-Krafters-Korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Finley Lindberg via NFB-Krafters-Korner
> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 6:49 PM
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>
> So is hand embroidery too visual you think?
> What is it like doing it on a machine?
>
> From Finley Lindberg
> (They/Them)
>
>> On Dec 29, 2020, at 3:17 PM, Joyce Kane via NFB-Krafters-Korner
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> I had embroidered a lot when I was sighted by hand.  So I do remember how
>> to make some of the stitches.  I did a lot of crewel and many, many hand
>> sewing projects.  I also sewed on a sewing machine since I was 11 years
>> old.  I woke up from coronary bypass surgery 23 years ago in total
>> darkness.
>>
>> I started this division as I wanted to share and learn how other blind
>> folks did their crafting.
>>
>> Going back 4 1/2 years I went out and purchased an embroidery machine and
>> set out to learn how I could learn how to use it.  I now have 3 embroidery
>> machines and run a small embroidery business.
>>
>> I am the quilting teacher here and I am just finishing up the quilt class
>> which folks received an embroidered center block that I included in their
>> quilt kits.
>>
>> Joyce Kane
>> Kane Kids Shop
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org> On
>> Behalf Of Finley Lindberg via NFB-Krafters-Korner
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 4:59 PM
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>> Cc: Finley Lindberg <finley.lindberg at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Embroidery questions
>>
>> Hello
>> Have any of you had any experience with embroidery. I’m interested in
>> starting but scared because it seems a visual. There must be a way to
>> do it though. I love to hear your experiences
>>
>> From Finley Lindberg
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