[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Embroidery questions

Wed Dec 30 19:02:27 UTC 2020

I would be interested also. Am totally blind since birth. :)

> On Dec 30, 2020, at 8:50 AM, Sandra Gayer via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 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
>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>> Cc: Finley Lindberg
>> Subject: Re: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Embroidery questions
>> 
>> 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
>>> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>>> 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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