Quilting is a wonderful hobby that can be started at any age. The right tools now enhance this rewarding hobby for seniors. If you've waited until you later years to explore quilting, here are some tips and advice for having an enjoyable and productive time quilting through your senior years.
Seniors frequently have physical difficulties or limitations. Some might think that these would be incompatible with quilting, but with a few special tools seniors with arthritis, low vision and even back problems, can still enjoy quilting.
Even younger quilters sometimes feel back fatigue when leaning over normal height tables during cutting and piecing procedures, so don't feel bad if all that leaning over makes you ache. You can avoid that ache by raising your work surface with table-leg risers.
If low vision begins to interfere with your senior activities. You can take advantage of a number of tools that assist you with your quilting. Needle threaders with a magnifying lens built in will keep you from needing to focus on that tiny hole. Some sewing machines even come with automatic threaders. relieving you of this intricate chore altogether.
Special magnifying lenses meant for close work are available for crafters. These lens are mounted on a necklace, and angled so that they lean against the wearer's chest. When you look down towards your stitch work, you're actually looking through the magnifying lens.
These tools will assist seniors in learning to quilt or continue a craft they have enjoyed for years.
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