Tips for Preventing Quilting Injuries

Quilter Erin Russek and certified personal trainer Michael Engman walk through ways to set up your quilting space in order to be comfortable, efficient, and pain-free. Engman focuses on body positioning and posture and the importance of remembering these things while we are cutting, sewing, pressing, machine quilting, and hand sewing.

Hand and Finger Exercises

Hands getting tired and sore after a long day of quilting, sewing, knitting, crocheting, or spinning? 

These helpful hand and finger exercises will help loosen up your hands to help keep you creating.

The exercises look easy, but you will notice your hands get a little tired, but that means they’re working.

These simple 2-minute exercises will help keep your hands flexible and strong. They should be used at least once a day and as needed to give your hands some relief. Don’t forget to do both hands.

Catherine Wheel Join - Tatting

Spray Baste a Quilt

Yarn Bowls

Some quick, easy, and inexpensive ideas to corral project yarn.

Crochet Hook Bracelet

Written instructions are posted on Interweave as well:  Crochet Hook Bracelet

Tatting with One Hand

Inspired by the book “Tatting With One Hand” by Helen A. Chesno, Marilee Rockley demonstrates the technique - a method of tatting for people who have the use of only one hand. She said it may also help others to understand the “flip” of shuttle tatting.  

Marilee published also published a post with still photos:  one-handed tatting a ring


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Crochet Crocodile Stitch

Threading Double Heddles

Diamond Trellis Stitch - crochet

Knitting Backwards

Drop Spindle Tutorial

Mattress Stitch

Joining Granny Squares

Avoiding the Gap

Nalbinding

This craft will be demonstrated by Hailey R. at the March Guild meeting.

Crochet Basketweave

There's a Knot in My Yarn!

Very Pink Knits demonstrates how to work with an unexpected knot in a skein/ball of yarn.

Sewing on Knit Fabric

Melly Sews explains the different types of stitches used when sewing with knit fabrics. She discusses stretch percentage and recovery of the fabric and how it determines the type of stitches to use.

A print version of the video: Types of Stretch Stitches

Sewing with Neoprene

In the last few years, neoprene has become a very fashionable fabric. It was once only used for wetsuits and beer cozies, but now you'll find fashion designers using it too. The appeal of neoprene is its ability to hold its shape and to create creative looks. It's unique, for sure, but it's important that you use it with the right type of garments and that you know what you're getting into before you try to sew with it. While it's definitely not the most challenging type of fabric to work with, it can offer it's own set of issues that you should be aware of. Watch this tutorial for the lowdown on cutting, sewing and caring for neoprene so that you can tackle it like a pro!

source: Professor Pincushion