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About 1 in 4 people in America have arthritis and a lot of those people also love to sew and quilt. Arthritis comes in many different forms and severity and they all will affect each of us a little different but there are commonalities no matter who you are.
Are you an arthritis sufferer? If so you don’t need me to tell you that it can make sewing and quilting a challenge, but it shouldn’t stop you from doing what you love. I have osteoarthritis among other things that cause chronic pain and this topic is something I felt motivated to research and hope that you can find some helpful tips.
Here are some things to do to make sewing with arthritis more manageable no matter if you machine sew or hand sew:
– they each come with their own problems when you have arthritis. It depends on your individual symptoms and severity of those symptoms and if you are having a flare, but either kind of sewing can be problematic at one time or another.
Let’s look at how you can sew with arthritis with less pain and stiffness.
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There are a few things you can do to prevent or at least help lessen the pain and stiffness from your arthritis.
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How about machine sewing with arthritis? Many of the things you would do for hand sewing are also effective for sewing on the machine.
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There are a fair number of gadgets and supplies that are more arthritis-friendly and that is a great help.
Be kind to yourself, loving, gentle and forgiving.
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