[visionrehabtherapist] Re: Threadinga sewing machine and sewing machine suggestions
- From: "Robin Illers" <Robin.Illers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'Melissa'" <melissa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <visionrehabtherapist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "'Shelley L. Rhodes'" <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>, <ktownsend@xxxxxxxxx>,<dasmot@xxxxxxx>, "Moira' 'Pfeiffer" <mpfeiffer@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <svan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:49:01 -0800
When my Kenmore was purchased in 1980 it was tooted as self threading. I'm sure
there have been improvements over the years. Much of the threading falls into
place if the thread it taught including the upper eye the way mine is built.
You might want to see what they have and how easy it is to thread. The needle
is the only eye I need to thread.
Robin Illers
CVRT, Rehabilitation Instructor
Oregon Commission for the Blind
444 NE Winchester, PMB 13B
Roseburg, OR 97470
robin.illers@xxxxxxxxxxx
phone: (541) 492-1171
>>> "Kay Townsend" <ktownsend@xxxxxxxxx> 1/9/2009 10:52 AM >>>
I would go with a simple basic machine, straight and zig zag, with a swing
arm and a built in needle threader is nice as well.
A lot depends on what you hope to do with a machine. You can get machines
that make button holes and some other features as well so it's what will
meet your needs now and potential growth in skills.
Enjoy.
Kay Townsend, CVRT
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Subject: Re: [visionrehabtherapist] Re: Threadinga sewing machine and sewing
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Thank you everyone for all your suggestions. I like the Braille numbering
as well. I did pick up one of those hooked threaders a long time ago at A.
c. More, but may look again at them, as I honestly don't know where mine
went, I was using it for yarn needles in loom knitting.
Thanks for the other suggestions.
I guess the only other question i have is what features should I look for
and what features should I most decidedly avoided in picking and buying a
first sewing machine, and not having useable vision for the task of sewing?
Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT
And Guinevere: Golden Lady Guide Dog
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Subject: RE: [visionrehabtherapist] Re: Threadinga sewing machine and sewing
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> Now That is helpful!! Thanks to all for replying on all this. Why didn't I
> think of numbering!!!??
>
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> Townsend
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> machine suggestions
>
> I also had a blind seamstress teach me that when she needed to change
> thread
> color she broke the old thread off at the spool, leaving it all threaded
> in
> the machine, knotted the new thread to it and slowly pulled the old thread
> out through the needle guiding the new thread through the machine. When
> it
> reached the needle she broke it off and threaded the needle. She had a
> threader on the machine. It is not as easy as it sounds, needing to make
> the knot small but it can be done.
>
> I have also numbered the places to thread on a machine in either Braille
> or
> large print for independent reviews if not sewing for awhile.
>
> Kay Townsend, CVRT
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> machine suggestions
>
> Having read all the fine suggestions made, ( I have used each and every
> one
> of these at one time or another). Consider the machine type and the
> amount
> of space one has at the presser foot area when choosing a threader option.
> The EZ in does not fit all machines or needle eyes. The floss threader
> has
> been the one most sewers I have instructed prefer because it is flexible
> and can be used for multiple types of threading. Which brings me to
> another
> factor. Remember the threading processes of the upper parts of the machine
> and the bobbin. Needle threading is not the only consideration here.
> Holding the thread taut with about an inch between hands allows "looping"
> and "sliding" of the thread into hooks and crannies in the upper parts of
> the machine. (My technical terminology is lacking here, but I think you
> have the idea.)
> The floss threader works well on the part of the machine where the thread
> is
> pulled up and down. This is the metal hook directly in front of the
> machine
> approximately head height. It sits within a vertical groove and moves up
> and
> down with the needle. (I do not have the proper name for this part)
> Familiarity with the machine is a plus. Orientation to all parts and the
> direction the thread must go helps the novice. Feel for the slits and
> loops
> and hooks with the fingers before you begin. Get acquainted with the
> machine
> characteristics. The machine is very tactile and can be threaded
> successfully when patience and familiarity abound.
>
> Maxi Aids and Clothilde also have a hook needle threader that has a long
> handle in which a "dog legged" metal hook in screwed into the end of the
> handle. The length and rigidity of the hook have made this popular among
> many seamstreses who don't like the ease that the floss threader bends.
> ________________________________
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> Subject: [visionrehabtherapist] Re: Threadinga sewing machine and sewing
> machine suggestions
>
> I've seen that LoRan threader in ACMoore or Michaels (or both).
>
>
> Moira Pfeiffer, MS, CVRT
> Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapist
> Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
> Bureau of Blindness & Visual Services
> 444 North 3rd Street, 5th Floor
> Philadelphia, PA. 19123
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> Subject: [visionrehabtherapist] Re: Threadinga sewing machine and sewing
> machine suggestions
>
>
> The flat needle threader with hooks on each end is called LoRan. This
> website has them for purchase. They may also be available elsewhere.
> http://www.nordicneedle.com/PROD/6817.html
>
> Robin Illers
> CVRT, Rehabilitation Instructor
> Oregon Commission for the Blind
> 444 NE Winchester, PMB 13B
> Roseburg, OR 97470
>
> robin.illers@xxxxxxxxxxx
> phone: (541) 492-1171
>
>>>> Debra Sokol-McKay <dasmot@xxxxxxx> 1/8/2009 8:44 AM >>>
> Hi Robin,
>
> Can you give us the name and manufacturer of the product?
> Hopefully it is not just "made in china."
>
> Debbie
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>>Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:52:52 -0800
>>From: "Robin Illers" <Robin.Illers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: [visionrehabtherapist] Re: Threading a sewing machine and sewing
> machine suggestions
>>To: <visionrehabtherapist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,<guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> There are "handicapped" sewing machine needles that
>> have a slit down one side. They work best for
>> straight stitching, but not well for zigzagging or
>> other patterns.
>>
>> I recently found a flat metal needle threader that
>> is about 1.5 long and has different sized flat hooks
>> on each end. I am looking forward to trying this
>> one, since the hook is open on one side and is not
>> threaded like other needle threaders. I purchased it
>> at a local fabric store last month and am hoping it
>> stays on the market.
>>
>>
>>
>> Robin Illers
>> CVRT, Rehabilitation Instructor
>> Oregon Commission for the Blind
>> 444 NE Winchester, PMB 13B
>> Roseburg, OR 97470
>>
>> robin.illers@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> phone: (541) 492-1171
>>
>> >>> "Shelley L. Rhodes" <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
>> 1/8/2009 6:35 AM >>>
>> I am curious if any of you, have suggestions on how
>> to make threading a
>> sewing machine easier? I have a customer who loves
>> to quilt, and has two
>> sewing machines, and has recently lost some vision.
>> I don't have a sewing
>> machine myself, I want one, smile, so I was
>> wondering if anyone has come up
>> with some easy or creative ways to get that thread
>> into the needle. We
>> tried the floss threader, wire needle threader (best
>> so far), self threading
>> needles (she loves), but wondering if there are
>> other methods that work out
>> well?
>>
>> Also, smile, does anyone have a favorite brand or
>> type of sewing machine
>> that is good for a blind beginner sewer?
>>
>> thanks.
>>
>> Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT
>> And Guinevere: Golden Lady Guide Dog
>> guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx
>> Guide Dogs for the Blind
>> Alumni Association
>> www.guidedogs.com
>>
>> The people who burned witches at the stake never for
>> one moment thought of
>> their act as violence;
>> rather they thought of it as an act of divinely
>> mandated righteousness.
>> The same can be said of most of the violence we
>> humans have ever
>> committed. -Gil Bailie, author and lecturer (b.
>> 1944)
>>
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